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HISTAGRA collaborates in the redevelopment of the former Santa Isabel Prison and Central Prison in Compostela

HISTAGRA collaborates in the redevelopment of the former Prisión Habilitada and Prisión Central de Santa Isabel in Compostela The HISTAGRA Group is part of and promoted the initiative of resignification of the old prison of Santa Isabel, in Santiago de Compostela.Next Tuesday the 3rd of December at 17:00 will take place the inauguration of a landmark on the site that occupied the Central Prison of Santa Isabel, in the area of the old barracks in Galeras. Remember that between 1939 and 1946 it functioned as an Enabled Prison and Central Prison, where thousands of prisoners of the Franco Dictatorship of different origins passed through. It was built in the 18th century and is now a sports complex. Its use as a prison began at the end of 1939 and lasted until 1946. In that period of...
  • LECTURE BY MARÍA ANTONIA MARTÍ ESCAYOL. UNCOMFORTABLE PASTS OF HISTAGRA 24-25

    Lecture of the HISTAGRA Uncomfortable Pasts Cycle: María Antonia Martí Escayol On Friday 29 November 2024, the HISTAGRA Group is organising a new lecture in the series Inconvenient Pasts 2024-2025. The lecture will be given by María Antonia Martí Escayol, professor at the Autonomous University...
  • HISTAGRA at EURHO 2025 in Coimbra

    HISTAGRA coordinates several sessions at the EURHO 2025 in Coimbra The HISTAGRA-CISPAC Group, through several researchers, is coordinating the following sessions in EURHO 2025: Miguel Cabo Villaverde: S14 | Rural violences in Europe (1880-1950) OrganizersMiguel Cabo Villaverde –...
  • Update: HISTAGRA in the exhumation works at O Val cemetery (Narón)

    The exhumation of the grave in the cemetery of El Val (Narón) carried out by the Galician Democratic memory team brings to light important remains. The exhumation work in the Val cemetery (Narón) began on 4 November with the aim of confirming the location of the grave, delimiting its dimensions...
  • HISTAGRA researcher new dean of the Faculty of Geography and History of the USC

    Antonio Miguez, dean of the Faculty of Xeography and History of the USC In the elections held this Monday, HISTAGRA researcher Antonio Miguez Macho was elected as the new dean of the Faculty of Geography and History. The decanal team is also formed by the teachers Jesús Horacio García García, M...