Temporary Church of Sant Pius X in the Congrés neighborhood

🎙️ Collective documentation

The participants in the collective documentation comment that the image refers to the first church in the Congrés neighborhood: the provisional church of San Píos X. This was located on Espiga Street, where the "la Caixa" Foundation Space of the Congrés neighborhood is now located.

On the other hand, one of the participants recounts the story of finding photos documenting the final construction of the San Píos X church on Cardenal Tedeschini Street: "It seems that the priest found a series of black and white photos of the construction of the church in a drawer. The photos are amazing, especially because of their curious architecture. He found them all there, saved them, and in the 60th anniversary of the church created an exhibition. They are photographs that I think would be good to be in the Living Memory Bank, because of the type of construction, so supermodern, and because of the type of photography.”

Another participant recounts the peculiar story about the church's cross: "When the church was inaugurated, a helicopter was hired to place the cross on top of the bell tower, but, due to bad weather, they couldn't do it. So the cross was left below and stood there for a while, at the entrance. Then, they had to redo all the scaffolding to be able to raise the cross..." Other comments related to this space arise, such as weddings and baptisms, which reflect the importance of this space within the community.

👥 Authors of the documentation

Alfred, Carmen, Neus, Pilar, Mercè and Enric.

⚙️ Methodology

Photograph documented collectively by participating neighbors in the group Fem Memòries del Canòdrom

📸 Assignor

Enric Ávalo, as part of "la Caixa" Foundation Space of the Congrés neighborhood