Galiciana: Galicia’s Past Just a Click Away

It's no secret that Galicia is one of Spain's best-kept places. With its charming, particular history, it could be your next holiday destination this autumn or winter. This article is about "Galiciana", a new project that confirms the past of Galicia.

What is Galiciana?

Galiciana is the name of a new project that takes us back to the past of Galicia with a single click. It's the historic archive of Galicia, with important and significant information about the region — consolidated over the years.

The archive is fully digital — with internet and a device, you can check all the valuable information it holds to learn more about Galicia.

Galicia's past now also in print

Although the archive has been digital for years, it now also has a printed version. The General Director of Culture of Galicia, Anxo M. Lorenzo, has just printed a book reflecting important information about Galicia's consolidation as a society.

The archive includes interesting content. The most outstanding is the photo collection that lets us see what Galicia was like in the past.

There's also information about birth records and minutes of municipal activities and meetings — useful for historians or anyone who simply wants to learn more about Galicia.

How has Galiciana been received?

Both the digital archive and the recent book have been well received. So far in 2022, there's been an estimated 30{0c4b52101edf59c43bd9ea9c33002dad18a168785976cd7d994d2e239557c454} increase in queries to the digital archive.

That translates to nearly 190,000 users who have taken an interest in Galicia's past.

How to access Galicia's past in the digital archive?

Galiciana is driven by the General Secretariat of Culture of Galicia. To access it, search online for the Digital Library of Galicia. You'll find lots of information for academic or tourist purposes.

What can you see in Galiciana?

It includes all the information available in the Library of Galicia, so you have access to a wide range of digitised documents.

Also documents from important libraries considered Galician intellectual heritage, including the University of Santiago de Compostela, the Royal Galician Academy and the Library of Local Studies of A Coruña.

It's a very valuable archive for projects or research about Galicia's history. If you want to know more about Galicia's past, this digital library may be what you've been looking for.