The archaeological mission of 1907 in the Pyrenees, by Obra Social ,la Caixa,, in Montblanc

Montblanc. Costa Dorada. The exhibition 'The archaeological mission of 1907 in the Pyrenees' gathers all known information on this event, which is one of the milestones in raising awareness of the importance of historical, artistic and cultural life of Catalonia. We present two notebooks and drawings Puig i Cadafalch, notes that Mn. Gudiol took to write a memory of art objects, a selection of over 250 photos taken by Mas and extracts from other texts published by the protagonists. The 1907 archaeological expedition in the Pyrenees, curated by Josep Rigol, was able to visit the former church of San Francisco (San Francisco Square, s / n. Montblanc), from 26 January to 18 February 2010.   The archaeological mission of 1907 in the Pyrenees to the public today conveys the excitement of the discovery of the pioneers of safeguarding our heritage. In 1907, the Institute of Catalan Studies began a systematic study work of art, literature, language and law that restarted the spirit of the Renaissance, with the extended il'impulsava introduction of new scientific methods and technical means. In the first phase it was exploring the area, access to churches and monasteries emerged a documentary and artistic legacy which had remained in obscurity. Where the parents of the Renaissance Milan and Manuel Jacinto Verdaguer Fontanals and had set the foundations for a romantic myth, the men of the twentieth century established a systematic field of study as a first step of a comprehensive program consisting of studies, publications and museums. This exhibition is the result of co-operation between the Foundation "la Caixa" il'Institut Amatller. Part of a series of initiatives that aim to show the photographic collections that are part of the heritage of this institution and constitute a major item on the twentieth century Catalonia. The exhibition presents a seventy-unpublished photographs of the mission in 1907 selected among more than 200 negatives that have been preserved, provindents Almond funds from the Institute of Hispanic Art, in addition to texts and documents de l' time, belonging to different files, such as the National Archives and Library of Catalonia il'Arxiu Episcopal de Vic. "The results of the examination were accurate; Adhemar of registration for the conference faculty, many of them photographed, recorded and read them all, the mission had more than two hundred photographs, plants and other details of arquitectònichs than twenty 'buildings and apuntacions not described as such on the customary law of those counties. Besides, studied the murals that have story was going, being copied and the Sant Vicens Sta. Maria TAHULL, Bohío and those of the Wheel, which prints, commissioned artists understood and respectful, will increase the Museum's Documentation Romanesque and serve as illustrations for the work on the mural paintings qu'aquest Institute has ongoing Published, "says the chronicle published al'Anuari Institute of Catalan Studies. The exhibition, which commemorates the anniversary of an initiative as signified exhibits, along with photographs, copies of documents directly from the mission: • The recommendation letter from the bishop of Vic. • The authorization of the bishop of Urgell. • The two notebooks of Puig i Cadafalch. • The notebook Mn. Gudiol. • The letter in which Mn. Gudiol step relates the port and Caldas, titled "Day Dangerous," was published in the Gazeta Montanyesa. • Photographs of Adolf Mas. • The emotional dedication of a book by Min. Adolf Mas Gudiol the day after finishing the trip.  

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