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International Women's Day 2023

Under the themes of gender equality and women's empowerment, along with access to education, the ACA presents statistics on women's research up to 1970, a profile of Margarita Tintó, and a bibliographic sample of Áurea Javierre, its first woman archivist (1922)

Documents for the History of Europe

Among the collections from the Ripoll monastery, the ACA preserves a copy of the Liber Sancti Iacobi or Codex Calixtinus, a compilation of texts on the Apostle Santiago and the pilgrimage to Compostela, a milestone in European cultural history beyond the Middle Ages

Ou com balla in the Palace of the Viceroys

Originating in the religious festival of Corpus Christi, the tradition of the dancing eggs returns to the courtyard of the Archive of the Crown of Aragon (June 16-19, 2022)

International Archives Day at the ACA

On June 9, the ACA offers an open day at its headquarters in the Viceroys' Palace, with guided tours by archivists in Spanish, Catalan and English (at 11:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.), and the projection of audiovisuals of the archive and its activities (Act Hall, free admission, between 10:00 and 14:30)

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.