The Municipal Archive of Alcora manages, preserves and makes available to citizens* the documentation generated by the City Council, as well as other funds that, due to their historical interest, are also in the archive.
(*) Only for consultation and always with the limitation of data protection.
The Municipal Archive is located in the semi-basement of the Town Hall building, built in 1982. The Archive's storage is a 106 m2 room, with mobile shelves.
Extreme dates
1576 – present
Documentary funds
In 1925 Lluís Revest i Corzo inventoried the municipal archive of Alcora. Among the documents inventoried, there were privileges from the 14th to the 17th century, documents relating to censuses from 1320, epochs from 1360, factory books from 1635, establishments from the 15th and 16th centuries, agreement books from 1709, a copy of the town charter or documents about the works of the swamp from 1770. Unfortunately, during the revolution of 1936, during the Spanish Civil War, the Municipal Archive was almost completely destroyed and only some notarial protocols and some pre-conflict administrative documents. During the Franco period, documentary production increased, most of which has been preserved. The current inventory and description of the archive began in 1999 and continues with new additions.
Apart from the paper documentation, it also has a photographic, videographic and hemerographic collection...
Most outstanding documents
Notarial protocols (1576, 1727-1860).
Fiscal Register of Buildings, Estates and Plots (1893).
Accounting books since 1928.
Books of Municipal Acts since 1933.
Register of Niches of the Municipal Cemetery (1886-1969).
Record of transfer of remains to the Valle de los Caídos (1959).
Register of additions and deletions of industrial registrations since 1936.
Municipal Register of Inhabitants since 1939.
Services and activities
It is an intermediate and historical archive. In addition to the conservation and cataloging of documentation, loans to City Council staff, documentation inquiries from citizens, support for researchers, the catalog of procedures at headquarters are managed from the archive electronic, ordinary and extraordinary transfers. It also offers guided tours to high school or vocational students, as well as the possibility of doing internships.
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Address
Carrer Sant Francesc, 5, 12110 L'Alcora, Castellón
