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Bellsolell Tower, Hotel Tibidabo [currently Passeig Sant Gervasi 15 – 21, College of Jesús Maria]. Enric Sagnier’s request to build a girls’ school

Date
1892
Archive
Municipal Archive of Barcelona
Document type
Textual
Reference code
AMDSG1-014. Expedient 3351
Link to the online document
Description

The request presented by the architect Enric Sagnier in 1892 to build a girls’ school in the Torre de Bellsolell, now Passeig Sant Gervasi 15–21, is an architectural and educational document that reflects the advancement in the concept of education and hygienic architecture. Designed in the style of English schools, this school represents a commitment to pedagogical modernization and the dignification of female education. Its inclusion makes it possible to show how architecture and pedagogy aligned with European currents to transform education and school space in Catalonia.