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Notice of closure to the public

In accordance with the resolution of March 12 of the General Directorate of Fine Arts of the Ministry of Culture and Sport, the two headquarters of the Archives of the Crown of Aragon will be closed to the public from March 13 for a period of fifteen calendar days, which can be extended.

The measure and representation of the world

On November 7, 13 and 20, the first cycle of Dialogues between literature and science will be held in the Viceroys' Palace. A complementary activity to the exhibition "Ecumene, the evolution of the image of the world", open in the same venue.

Documents for the History of Europe

We commemorate the 700th anniversary of the decree of James II so that the territories of the Crown of Aragon remained perpetually united and under the same domain

L'ou com balla 2019

As every year for the Corpus the tradition of l'ou com balla returns to the courtyard of the Viceroys' Palace

Exhibition "Ecumene: The evolution of the image of the world"

The National Geographical Institute presents the maps to explain the image of the known world that the human being has had for more than 2,500 years. From November 2019 to April 2020.

International Archives Day 2019

The ACA celebrates IAD 2019 (June 9)

Conference season

The CLAC organizes the season "Barcelona and culture: Dialogues on a crisis" every Wednesday in June at 7:00 p.m. in the Viceroys' Palace.

The signs of the queens in the Crown of Aragon

The ACA offers a sample of the documentary validations of the queens of the Crown, from Petronilla to Germaine of Foix, to make visible their institutional and public role.

Juliols of the University of Barcelona in the ACA

On July 3 a session of "Els Juliols" of the UB entitled "Barcelona and the cities of the Mediterranean, from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment" will be held at the Viceroys' Palace. Click for more information

Appointment of members of the Board of the Archives of the Crown of Aragon

The BOE of April 15, 2019 publishes the Order CUD / 433/2019, of April 5, by which members of the Board of the Archives of the Crown of Aragon are appointed

Study of the Liber feudorum maior manuscript

The report of the analysis carried out by the Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Chemistry of the University of Barcelona in collaboration with the Archives of the Crown of Aragón is presented

Ibero-American Year of Archives 2019

The ACA joins the celebration with a project to identify and describe documents on Ibero-America, the first of which, the Santa Fe Capitulations of 1492, were included in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register in 2009

Conference at the Viceroys' Palace

On Tuesday, March 12, the conference "Between Barcelona and Naples, the Crown of Aragon in the time of Alfonso the Magnanimous" is given with the collaboration of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the Biblioteca del Senato Italiano, the Institution Milà i Fontanals of the CSIC and the University of Barcelona.

Tribute to Sir John H. Elliott

On the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the ACA, Professor Sir John Elliott visited its headquarters and received a well-deserved tribute. Here we publish documents of his relationship with the archive and the conference he gave

Documents for the History of Europe

On the 40th anniversary of the book of Barbero and Vigil on the origin of feudalism in the Iberian Peninsula, the ACA shares the document of the year 913 in which five hundred neighbors recognize the domain of the monastery of Sant Joan de les Abadesses.

Centenary of the Archives of the Crown of Aragon

In the centenary of its creation, the ACA (1318-2018) restores and publishes online the founding charter of the time of James II

Centenary of the Archives of the Crown of Aragon

Enjoy the commemorative audiovisuals of the centenary. Meet Marina and discover the jewels in the archives

Centenary of the Archives of the Crown of Aragon

The Archives of the Crown of Aragon presents a collection of 347 letters of condolences or death announcements, edited by the Institución Fernando el Católico, in the context of the celebrations for its seventh centenary.

Multilingual Citizen's Charters

Citizen’s Charters in French, English, Italian and Portuguese are offered by the ACA from now to its European visitors. The European Heritage is multilingual

Centenary of the Archives of the Crown of Aragon

Publication in PARES of the archival description and digital images of the Chancellery Registries during the reign of Juan I (1387-1396). There are 286 volumes and 101,646 new images

UNESCO Memory of the World Register

The program "Memory of the World" has accepted the joint candidacy of the various Codex Calixtinus preserved in the Iberian Peninsula, among other centers, in the Archives of the Crown of Aragon in its register of documents.

Centenary of the Archives of the Crown of Aragon

The BOE of 28 June publishes the applicable tax benefits in the VII centenary of the Archives of the Crown of Aragon (p. 176)

UNESCO Memory of the World Register

The Archives of the Crown of Aragon has had an early 12th century excerpt from the 3rd Book of the Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus of Liébana included in the Memory of the World Register.

Documents for the History of Europe

Llibre del Repartiment de València (Book of Repartition of Valencia) (1237-1252)

European Heritage Label

The Archives of the Crown of Aragon has been awarded the European Heritage Label. On the 10th of March 2016, the European Commission published the list of heritage sites that have achieved this recognition.

UNESCO Memory of the World Register

The Memory of the World Programme has included the Capitulations of Santa Fe held at the Archives of the Crown of Aragon in its register of documents.

Discovery of an unknown letter from Jacques de Molay

This letter from Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Order of the Knights Templar, is addressed to Ramon de Bell-lloc, Commander of the Order, and is dated 21st January 1296.

New miniatures of the Liber Feudorum Maior found

Recovery of four original folios from the Liber Feudorum in the bound records of the Chancery of the Archives of the Crown of Aragon.