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The Regional Archive of Terra Alta (ACTA) was inaugurated on June 29, 2013 in the municipality of Gandesa, with the aim of preserving, conserving and disseminating the documentary heritage of the region. The archive is part of the Regional Archives Network, and is managed by the Catalan Goverment (Generalitat de Catalunya), the Regional Council of Terra Alta and the City Council of Gandesa.

The building has capacity for a total of 7,000 linear meters of documentation, distributed between ordinary deposits, a deposit for special media and a large-format deposit. In 2016, an expansion of the compacts was carried out, and currently it has 2,461 linear meters of shelving installed.

ACTA has a consultation room with capacity for 12 researchers and has two internet connection points, a multipurpose room for events and exhibitions, a document disinfection room, a classification room and an unloading dock.

The Solsonès Regional Archive (ACS), which is part of the Generalitat Archives Network, was inaugurated on March 30, 1995. The creation agreement was signed on January 31, 1984. It currently holds more than 1,000 linear meters of documentation and, chronologically, it spans from the 13th century to the present day.

Among the documentary collections that make up the archive are the City of Solsona Archive and the old notary of the Solsona district; alongside it, due to its special importance, we must add the Josep Maria Vicens i Purgimon (1910-1955) photographic collection, as well as a significant number of collections from the Solsona associative fabric: the Orfeó Nova Solsona, the Associació de Festes del Carnaval, etc. In 2010, the ACS celebrated its 15th anniversary; During this time, it has gathered more than 160 documentary funds and collections, and has consolidated a strong bond with the society of Solsona.

The archive is closely related to the territory and, since its birth, had a great territorial vocation. This reality is evident in many facts; for example, more than 89% of the documentary funds of the local Administration are in the Regional Archive. Its premises occupy part of the old hospital of Llobera, an outstanding building of Catalan civil Gothic.

The Ripollès Regional Archive (ACRI) has been part of the Regional Archives Network of the Catalan Goverment (Generalitat de Catalunya) since it was inaugurated in 2001.

The ACRI occupies the building that had originally been the Ripoll hospital. The first news dates back to 1573 when, on the initiative of the abbot of the Ripoll monastery, Climent Mai, and with contributions from the people of Ripoll, a hospital was built next to the royal road. The building was destroyed during the Reapers' War and the First Carlist War. It was rebuilt for the last time in 1846 and maintained its functions as a hospital and geriatric residence until the 1980s. The building has 740 m2.

Its main mission is to preserve, conserve and disseminate the documentation of the institutions of Ripollès and other bodies, public or private, of historical or cultural interest in the region. Currently, the Regional Archive manages the collections from the local administration of the main municipal entities in the region (Ripollès Regional Council; Ripoll Court, and Ripoll, Campdevànol, Ribes de Freser Town Councils, among others).

It has storage rooms, nearly 5,000 linear meters for depositing documents, of which just over 1,000 are already occupied by the various collections received, and disinfestation and classification rooms. The building is adapted for people with reduced mobility.