Salesians of Sarrià. Maria Auxiliadora Parish Church

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Salesians of Sarrià. Maria Auxiliadora Parish Church

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The Salesian congregation has been establishing religious institutions in the city from the very start. Some are now in the Sarrià neighbourhood.

Cultural heritage

The Congregation of Salesians was established here in the neighbourhood in 1886. It was originally housed at Can Prats, a former farmhouse, where Passeig Joan Bosco meets Plaça Artós. There, the congregation founded the Tallers Salesians, where they taught the trades of tailoring and bookbinding; this was also the first graphic arts school in Spain. As the years went by, they expanded along Carrer Sant Joan Bosco and then throughout the Iberian Peninsula, founding religious institutions to educate and train poor youths. Among their many buildings in the neighbourhood, it is the Church of Maria Auxiliadora that is open to visits.

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