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Documentation Fonds
The Temple of the Sagrada Família Archive, predecessor to the current Documentation Centre, was created by Antoni Gaudí’s disciples to house all the documents and plaster fragments that were saved from destruction during the Spanish Civil War and were to be used as reference to continue the architect’s unfinished masterpiece.
Today, the Documentation Centre manages the bibliographical and documentary archives of the Junta Constructora del Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família Foundation to preserve and share documentary heritage related to the Temple and, by extension, the life and work of its architect, Antoni Gaudí.
This Sagrada Família Documentation Centre Guide aims to provide exhaustive, systematic information on the documentary archives it houses and serve as a tool for studying, understanding and sharing them.
The Temple of the Sagrada Família Archive, predecessor to the current Documentation Centre, was created by Antoni Gaudí’s disciples to house all the documents and plaster fragments that were saved from destruction during the Spanish Civil War and were to be used as reference to continue the architect’s unfinished masterpiece.
Today, the Documentation Centre manages the bibliographical and documentary archives of the Junta Constructora del Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família Foundation to preserve and share documentary heritage related to the Temple and, by extension, the life and work of its architect, Antoni Gaudí.
This Sagrada Família Documentation Centre Guide aims to provide exhaustive, systematic information on the documentary archives it houses and serve as a tool for studying, understanding and sharing them.
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Bibliographical archives
Bibliographical archives
Bibliographical archives
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Library
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Periodicals archive
Periodicals archive
Periodicals archive
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Documentary archives
Organic grouping of documents compiled as a result of a natural process that have been created or received by an individual or legal entity, public or private, over the course of their life and in exercising their activities and functions.
[Source: Law 10/2001, on archives and document management].
Organic grouping of documents compiled as a result of a natural process that have been created or received by an individual or legal entity, public or private, over the course of their life and in exercising their activities and functions.
[Source: Law 10/2001, on archives and document management].
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Organic grouping of documents compiled as a result of a natural process that have been created or received by an individual or legal entity, public or private, over the course of their life and in exercising their activities and functions.
Organic grouping of documents compiled as a result of a natural process that have been created or received by an individual or legal entity, public or private, over the course of their life and in exercising their activities and functions.
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Administrative archives
Administrative archives
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Junta Constructora de la Sagrada Família
Dates: 1866-present | Number and formats: 53.8 linear metres (439 box files, 129 project binders and 185 issues of El Propagador de la devoción a San José / Templo / Temple) - paper and electronic
Creator’s name
Asociación Espiritual de Devotos de San José (1866-1895)
Junta Constructora de la Sagrada Família Foundation (1895-present)
Creator’s background
Josep Maria Bocabella i Verdaguer, a book merchant who ran the religious bookshop Hereus de la Vídua Pla, founded the Asociación Espiritual de Devotos de San José in 1866 to foster devotion to Saint Joseph and Christian family values.
With this goal in mind, in 1866 the Association began publishing a magazine called El Propagador de la devoción a San José and distributed it to encourage donations for the construction of a temple dedicated to the Holy Family.
With the funds raised, in 1881 Bocabella was able to purchase a plot of land in El Poblet, in the former town of Sant Martí de Provençals.
Works on the Temple began on 19 March 1882, according to the designs of architect Francisco de Paula del Villar i Carmona.
In 1883, Villar stepped down over differences of opinion with Josep Maria Bocabella, and architect Antoni Gaudí i Cornet took over.
Gaudí was named head architect of the Temple on 3 November 1883 and found a fully drafted project and works already under way: the foundation of the crypt had already been laid and the columns were half built.
In 1895, to more efficiently manage funds and ensure the works would be executed after Josep Maria Bocabella died in 1892 and his son-in-law Manuel de Dalmases in 1893, the Junta Constructora del Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família was established to carry on the task the Asociación Espiritual de Devotos de San José had started.
Today, the Junta Constructora del Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família Foundation is a private, non-profit, autonomous canonical foundation. Its purpose is to build, preserve and restore the Expiatory Temple of the Sagrada Família, founded by Josep Maria Bocabella and designed by Antoni Gaudí.
Archive history
Gaudí’s disciples and former collaborators, led by architect Francesc de Paula Quintana, began compiling documents lost when architect Antoni Gaudí’s workshop burned down in 1936.
From 1990, specialised staff have joined the centre to make the documentary heritage available to Temple employees and technicians, organising, classifying and describing the archives.
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Internal archives.
Scope and content
The archives include documents of any sort and format produced or received in exercising the activity of the Asociación Espiritual de Devotos de San José or, later, the Junta Constructora del Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família Foundation.
Particularly noteworthy resources from the time of the Asociación Espiritual de Devotos de San José include the magazine El Propagador de la devoción a San José, which shared the association’s activities and progress on building the Temple.
Others include the Àlbums del Temple, four volumes published between 1914 and 1929, which are some of the written resources most commonly consulted and referenced in building the Temple.
The deeds for the land purchased by Josep Maria Bocabella to build the Temple and accounting documents related to managing the works budget are also kept there.
The most recent documentation, associated with the Junta Constructora del Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, includes the administrative documents and files on its activity, including the founding deed, documents associated with official events, financial documents, technical documents related to the project, etc.
Also noteworthy are the letters and institutional relations with the Board of Trustees, Archdiocese of Barcelona and other ecclesiastical institutions and public administrations, particularly the Government of Catalonia and the Barcelona City Council.
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Personal and institutional archives
Personal and institutional archives
Personal and institutional archives
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Documentary collections
Documentary collections
Documentary collections
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Non-organic grouping of documents compiled and organised based on subjective or preservation criteria.
Non-organic grouping of documents compiled and organised based on subjective or preservation criteria.
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Plans library
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Multimedia
Multimedia
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Access and copying conditions
Access and copying conditions
Access and copying conditions
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