An archive open to everyone
The history of
Torrelles de Foix.
Documents, heritage and memory
to understand where we come from.
Santa Maria de Foix
Torrelles de Foix · Alt Penedès
Your starting point
One story.
Many ways in.
Research, up close
One hill.
Over a thousand years of history.
The sanctuary of Foix retains traces of a long and complex history. We reconstruct its past from the documents and the building, distinguishing what we know from what still needs investigating.
Explore the researchHistory on the ground
The landscape is
a document too.
The paths, fields and houses tell how this territory has been inhabited. The map helps you read them together.
Open the map
36.67 km² to discover
A piece from the archive · 1937
When the village
had its own currency.
During the Civil War, the Town Council issued one-peseta and fifty-cent notes. On the reverse, a very familiar image: the springs of les Dous.
Discover more curiositiesCopy held in the Causa General · Archivo Histórico Nacional.
Amics de Foix · Since 1978
Memory is kept
by everyone, together.
From a residents' initiative to save the sanctuary to a shared archive. The research continues thanks to the people who contribute time, knowledge and documents.
Get to know Amics de Foix
Who we are and how we work to study and share the village's heritage.
Family researchLooking for your ancestors?
Census rolls and other documents can help you trace your family.
Get involvedDo you have material at home?
Photographs, letters or festival programmes. An everyday document can open up a new line of research.