page_title: Barcelona Centre for International Affairs
section_title: Installations
hierarchical_section_title: Barcelona Centre for International Affairs / Organisation and installations / Installations
caption_attribution_description: Català: Antiga capella de la Casa dels Infants Orfes (1680), a la cantonada del carrers Elisabets amb la plaça dels Àngels, al Raval de Barcelona. Actualment acull una de les dependències del CIDOB.
context_page_description: CIDOB, acronym for Barcelona Centre for International Affairs, is a Spanish think-tank based in Barcelona and dedicated to researching and sharing the contents different areas of international relations and development studies. It defines itself as "an independent, non-partisan centre that contributes to ongoing international debates from the perspective of a major Mediterranean metropolis". Legally speaking, CIDOB is a public foundation with a board of trustees that includes among its members the main political institutions and universities of Catalonia and Barcelona, in addition to a number of ministries of the Spanish government. CIDOB is currently the oldest think-tank in Spain, and one of the most influential in its field.
context_section_description: CIDOB's offices are divided between two historic buildings – nearby but not adjoining – on calle Elisabets in Barcelona's Raval district, very close to La Rambla and Plaça de Catalunya. They are Casa de la Misericòrdia (Elisabets, 12) and Casa dels Infants Orfes (Elisabets, 24).
  The Casa de la Misericòrdia has, since 1988, housed the centre's main installations, including the official head office, the archives and library, as well as Sala Maragall, the hall used for events. Originally, the building (which includes the old church) formed part of the School of St William of Aquitaine, founded by the Augustine Order in 1587, and later on it was used as a municipal primary school. During the Napoleonic invasion, it served as the clandestine headquarters of the citizen's movement against the French occupation. In more recent times, in 1910, it became the home of the Institute of Culture and People's Library for Women; later still, in 1940, the building became the head office of the Institute for Theatre, as well as being home to the Adrià Gual Chair.
  The Casa dels Infants Orfes also dates back to the 16th century. It was built as the head office of the institution founded by Guillem dez Pou in 1370 to provide a home for orphans in the Diocese of Barcelona. It has an adjacent chapel, commissioned by Claudi Cosal in 1680 and redesigned in 1785. Among the building's later uses, it was a school run by the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul (1848) and a convent for the Carmelites of Charity (1875). The chapel lost all its religious furnishings and fittings during the Spanish Civil War.
caption: Casa dels Infants Orfes
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