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16 September to 21 October 2025

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Archives and Research is a project of the Provincial Historical Archive of Avila , launched in 2024, which aims to present recent research based on archival documentary sources.

Archives are testimony to the activity carried out by a physical or legal person, public or private, with the particular characteristics of originality, organicity and serial character; this makes archival documents primary sources for history and our memory, as well as a guarantee of rights.

Documents are generated with an administrative function or purpose, in the exercise of their powers, not for historical research, but the concept of public function and the consideration of the document as cultural heritage allows these documents to be analyzed from different perspectives and to be the subject of different themes. Therefore, they are the object of scientific research, essential as a source of research, in addition to their dimension as support for the administrative management of the institution.

Taking these considerations into account, with this project we want to give a voice to researchers who use archival documents and to discover stories and Histories of all kinds, hidden in the kilometres of documents that the archives keep and that are Cultural Heritage. In short, to make visible this Heritage, which is largely unknown, such as the archives themselves and the work that we archivists and archivists carry out.

This project is named after Professor and researcher José Luis Gutiérrez Robledo, as a tribute to the professor and researcher he was and in gratitude to his family, especially Lucrecia Jiménez, who has deposited in this archive her voluminous and magnificent library, some 3,641 titles of monographs and serial publications, with more than 5,000 volumes, still in the process of being organized. A library specialized in art and history, with a significant section dedicated to Avila, as well as other materials, documents, slides, photographs and others, also in the process of being organized.

The Provincial Historical Archive :

The Provincial Historical Archive of Avila is the institution responsible for the custody and conservation of the Documentary Heritage of this province since 1931. In this sense, in addition to collecting the documentation generated by the different administrations, it promotes the collection of private funds of different nature, photographic, literary, from companies, artists or creators that increase the knowledge and collective memory of the people of Ávila.

In addition to the description and identification of the Documentary Heritage it safeguards in order to provide documentation to citizens, researchers and administrations, it is necessary to make this Heritage known. In this context, activities are carried out to disseminate and exhibit the documentary collections, as well as guided tours and educational visits.

The archive is also a cultural institution, open to citizens and to all those creators who want to make their work or research known.

Program:

Tuesday, September 16

6:30 p.m. Presentation of the conference. Carmen López Sanchidrian , Director of the Provincial Historical Archive.

7:00 p.m. Lecture. María Galán Muñoz, a musicologist, began her musical studies at the Avila Municipal School, continuing them at the Tomás Luis de Victoria Professional Music Conservatory and the Castilla y León Conservatory of Music. She is currently continuing her training with a degree in Ethnomusicology at the Castilla y León Conservatory of Music. She has combined her training with research, receiving various scholarships and grants.

"Bonifacio Gil and the Folklore Missions in the province of Avila"

Tuesday, September 23

7:00 p.m. Lecture. Óscar Arroyo Terrón, musician and pianist. He studied piano at the Professional Music Conservatory of Avila and later advanced studies with Extraordinary Award in the Higher Degree of Chamber Music. With several awards in national and international competitions, he has performed and taught courses in different places in Spain, France, Romania, Africa and China. Belonging to the Corps of Music and Performing Arts Teachers, he is a piano professor at the Professional Music Conservatory of Avila, of which he was also director. He has launched several cultural initiatives such as the Tomás Luis de Victoria Study Center, the Abvlensis International Music Festival, or the Cantania training project for schoolchildren, together with Juventudes Musicales de Avila.

"The Vibanco scribes of the Alberche Valley."

Tuesday, September 30

7:00 p.m. Lecture. Esteban Ángel Cotillo Torrejón, a graduate in Geography and History and a PhD in Art History from the National University of Distance Education (UNED). He is a tutor in Art History and Contemporary History at UNED. He has a long career in research, numerous publications, and has participated in seminars. His thesis, published by the Spanish University Foundation in Cuadernos de Arte e Iconografía, is entitled "The Royal Chapel of San Isidro. Documented historical and artistic biography up to 1670."

"The master stonemason from Avila, Cristóbal Ximénez."

Tuesday, October 7 .

7:00 PM. Lecture. Juan Antonio del Castillo Cano, a law graduate, has practiced law for 25 years and was a Local Government Secretary-Auditor with national qualifications from 1980 to 2015. He is passionate about history and research.

"The construction process of the House of Culture of Avila."

Tuesday, October 21st .

19:00h. Conference. Ruth Pindado González studies Music Education at the School of Education and Tourism of the University of Salamanca in Avila, as well as Hearing and Language, Early Childhood, Therapeutic and Primary Pedagogy, completing her studies in Humanities, Pedagogy and Psychology and the degree in Tourism in a way that has allowed her to dedicate herself to teaching and that of a tourist guide of Avila. She is currently pursuing a doctorate at the UCAV on the evolution of secondary education in Avila during the 19th and 20th centuries,

"The importance of Avila 's historical and cultural heritage for the study of the movements of the National Board of Ladies of Honor and Merit, led by its vice president, María Isabel Cristina Queipo de Llano y Gayoso de los Cobos, Countess of Superunda: a journey through her letters."