“Baix Llobregat is currently the most disintegrated and conflictive Catalan region that needs to be promoted by creating a Regional Studies Center (…) and that greater cultural, artistic and scientific development must be achieved in the populations that are part of it. of this region.” This is a part of the document with which eleven people signed the founding document of the Center d’Estudis Comarcals del Baix Llobregat (CECBLL). It was November 23, 1974, almost 50 years ago now. Half a century later, the entity has accumulated five decades culturally disseminating the region and is preparing for a year celebrating the anniversary.
“The main meaning is to share the celebration and turn it into an opportunity for reinforcement to continue with our task,” the association says in a statement. “We want to strengthen the CECBLL and prepare it for its continuity in the digital and artificial intelligence era,” he adds.
To do this, they plan to “get closer to younger people and innovate in programming and activities.” All in all, they are committed to “densifying the network of relations that we have as a factor of social and territorial cohesion and starting a new stage of relations with cultural entities in Europe to promote cultural exchange.”
One of the planned events reinforces this international aspect of the CECBLL. This is an international colloquium about the Sedó neighborhood, which located in Esparreguera once had a turbine that was the “hydraulic infrastructure with the most advanced technology in Europe” at the time, according to what the historian specialized in industrial heritage Gràcia explained to La Vanguardia. Dorel.
The event will take place on May 22 and 23 under the title ‘Dialectic between water and energy’. The Sedó neighborhood has been undergoing a rehabilitation project for some time, which has precisely reached a European scale.
On the other hand, this Friday they will hold an event and dinner called ’50 years sharing culture’ in which the founders and first partners of the entity will be recognized. On November 22, the classic awards ceremony for the Cultural Recognition of Baix Llobregat will arrive.