MODERNISM IN TARRAGONA. THE EMBLEMATIC ARCHITECTURE OF 1885-1928

The presentation of the book MODERNISM IN TARRAGONA. The emblematic architecture of 1885-1928, by Josep Maria Buqueras will be a face-to-face presentation offered by the Architects’ Association of Catalonia’s Tarragona headquarters.

This book offers a visual tour of modernism and the disappeared noucentisme (1880-1928) of the Tarragona region through approximately 200 images, some of which are more than a century old, as well as photographs that are impossible to take now. Why? Because their environment has changed radically, therefore, they are the testimony of an era that has already passed.

Thanks to the images from the publisher's archive, from those lent by individuals, entities and regional and local archives, and the texts that go with them, you will be acquainted with the architectural heritage of a historical period: the Belle Époque. At the same time, the book reflects urban planning and social life through buildings, industries, establishments, headquarters of entities and, above all, streets and squares that have been spaces for the coexistence of our ancestors and that will encourage you to claim the present, know and love this heritage and fight to protect its future.
I invite you to take a journey in black and white complemented by brief photo captions, which allow you to contextualise and interpret an already intangible past. A trip to the memory of an enriching past, immortalised thanks to the art of photography.