ACTIVITY
Guided visit to the Les Corts Women's Prison Memorial
October 23rd and 24th - The former women's prison of Las Corts, Barcelona
Was one of the places of repression of the Civil War and Franco's dictatorship
On 24 October, coinciding with the REMEMCHILD congress held on 23 and 24 October, a guided visit was made to the memorial of the former women’s prison of Las Corts. Este memorial, inaugurado en 2019, recupera la memoria de esta cárcel que entre 1936 y 1953 fue uno de los espacios de represión de la Guerra Civil y la dictadura franquista, y donde decenas de mujeres -muchas con sus hijos- fueron encarceladas.
The visit was led by Dr. Nuria Ricart, who together with Fernando Hernández Holgado, historian and coordinator of the project ‘Memoria Prisión de les Corts’, was responsible for the installation of the memorial, promoted by various memory associations in the neighbourhood. The visit was free and open to the public at the congress. During this visit, the memorial, the struggle for the recovery of the space, the urban delimitation and the history of the imprisoned women were explained.