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Report sent by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, president of the Board of Museums to the Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts requesting the declaration of the church of Sant Climent de Taüll (1907) as a national historical monument

Date
1907
Archive
National Archive of Catalonia
Document type
Textual
Reference code
ANC1-715-T-1935
Link to the online document
Description

The 1907 report sent by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, as president of the Museums Board, to the Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts, requesting the declaration of the church of Sant Climent de Taüll as a national historical monument, is a key document in the institutionalization of the protection of the Catalan Romanesque heritage. This action is part of the movement to rediscover and valorize medieval art, promoted by the Institute of Catalan Studies and the Commonwealth. Sant Climent de Taüll, jewel of the European Romanesque, becomes a symbol of Catalan cultural identity and its connection with the art and spirituality of the West.