Threads of silk wound with silver or gilded silver, embroidered more than six hundred years ago. Just approaching such an object creates an awesome sensation. A team of restorers has worked meticulously to restore this Gothic altar frontal to its former glory. The restored work now graces the Seu de Manresa after a year's restoration work by the Catalan Centre for Conservation (CRBMC).
Comparteix Facebook Twitter PinterestCentres of ritual, pathways lined with monuments, resting places, and places for reflection. Burial grounds are, paradoxically, places full of life that help us better understand our society's past.
Comparteix Facebook Twitter PinterestRE-ORG, a method for the reorganization of museum reserves
Comparteix Facebook Twitter PinterestWe travel through time and space to once again reunite a masterpiece of the Catalan Romanesque.
Comparteix Facebook Twitter Pinterest...or how we had to 'rob' our own art in order to conserve it.
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Comparteix Facebook Twitter PinterestThe Güells leave their mark on the Ramblas. We travel back to the second half of the 19th century to discover what life was like for the families that lived in four palaces, all of which were located around an avenue that was becoming Barcelona's main thoroughfare. .
Comparteix Facebook Twitter PinterestThe legend from the saint's point of view, but above all, from the dragon's. Every 23 April Catalonia is full of roses and books to celebrate the 'Diada de Sant Jordi', or Saint George's Day. It is a tradition full of deep symbolism for all Catalans.
Comparteix Facebook Twitter PinterestQuestioning our conceptions with the rock art of the Caves of El Cogul. What do we imagine when we think about women in prehistory? What do we think they looked like, and what do we think they did? We find out what the experts think about how women were represented between 12,000 and 4,500 years ago at the Roca dels Moros prehistoric site.
Comparteix Facebook Twitter PinterestThe limits to absolute truth in the era of fake news. We revisit the Pere Mates Case, an episode involving the acquisition of three fake Renaissance altarpiece panels.
Comparteix Facebook Twitter PinterestIn this article, we explain you the techniques that are using the most advanced museums to create three-dimensional models of monuments and objects, and the unexpected possibilities that these technologies open
Comparteix Facebook Twitter PinterestWomen, often overlooked, have had an essential role in the history of Catalan culture
Comparteix Facebook Twitter PinterestEduard Toda is one of the least known, but also one of the most important, figures in the Catalan cultural revival known as the Renaixença.
Comparteix Facebook Twitter PinterestAfter two years of intense work, the virtual reconstruction of the Iberian town of Ullastret is now ready to receive visitors. Follow it at #ullastret3d
Comparteix Facebook Twitter PinterestAmongst the objects recovered are a bottle of Foundillon wine and a nine-and-a-half metre long rudder.
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Comparteix Facebook Twitter PinterestDiscover the unique paintings conserved in situ at l’Alt Urgell
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Comparteix Facebook Twitter PinterestVignettes with history
Comparteix Facebook Twitter PinterestMore than 300 centres dedicated to the conservation of our history and identity
Comparteix Facebook Twitter PinterestFrom the cinematograph to the new Filmoteca de Catalunya
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