Centre d'Estudis de l'Hospitalet

Local research and public history

Centre d'Estudis de l'Hospitalet (CELH) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1984 to research, share, and discuss the city of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. Its work covers the city’s history, cultural and natural heritage, and social life within the surrounding metropolitan area.

Activities and resources

The organization hosts lectures, guided walks, and community gatherings, and maintains several ongoing projects:

• Nomenclàtor: a catalog of street, square, road, and other public-space names in the city, with 564 entries, nearly 1,300 chronological records, and more than 850 place names, including related sign designs.
• Babelh: a database of local studies about L'Hospitalet, bringing together books, articles, talks, reports, annual reports, theses, and research in Catalan, Spanish, and other languages about the city and its regional and metropolitan context. Most documents can be consulted in person in CELH’s library collection.
• Publications: it publishes the Quaderns d'Estudi, Recerques, and Josefina Gómez Olivares series, as well as the Manual d'Història de l'Hospitalet and the CELH Comunica newsletter.
• Digital Archive: a collection of photographs and digitized publications, including a photographic record of the city’s neighborhoods.
• Podcast: original audio programming.

Recognition and partnerships

CELH has been listed in the Cens d'Entitats del Foment de la Llengua Catalana since July 18, 2019, under resolution CLT/2143/2019, and was declared a public-benefit organization on October 7, 2020, under resolution JUS/2472/2020. It collaborates with local organizations and works under agreements with other institutions.

Membership

The association is open to anyone interested in learning about, researching, and discussing L'Hospitalet. People can become members to support its work.

Contact and location

Address: 44 Josep Tarradellas i Joan Avenue (Espai Molí), 08901 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. Phone: 933 386 091. Email: celh@celh.cat. The organization is also on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.