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Manuscript notes by Josep Pugi i Cadafalch on capitals and other decorative elements of the Church of Sant Pau del Camp (Barcelona)

Date
1909 - 1918
Archive
Institute of Catalan Studies. Documentation and Archive Service
Document type
Textual
Reference code
CAT-IEC-1-TREB_51
Link to the online document
Description

Josep Puig i Cadafalch’s handwritten notes on the capitals and other decorative elements of the Church of Sant Pau del Camp, drawn up between 1909 and 1918 and preserved at the Institut d’Estudis Catalans, constitute a textual document of great heritage and cultural value. This document is part of the historical cycle of the 19th-20th centuries and represents a typology of handwritten documents linked to a private collection of one of the main architects and intellectuals of Catalan modernism. Territorially, it provides a concrete vision of the city of Barcelona, ​​within the Barcelona Vegueria, and contributes to the thematic diversity of the project in the field of culture and art. The notes reflect the interest in the recovery and study of the Catalan Romanesque heritage, and show how Catalonia actively participated in the European currents of revaluation of the medieval past. This document is a clear example of the will to build a cultural identity of its own and at the same time European, through research, documentation and preservation of the architectural heritage.