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Photo Shoot at Caixa Forum - Saturday, November 18, 2006, Barcelona, Spain
Located in an ancient factory of Montjuīc, a work by the modernist Catalan architect Puig i Cadafalch, it is a huge cultural centre of the "La Caixa" Foundation, with 3,000 square mts. Caixaforum is divided into three spaces, a mediateca and two polivalent saloons.
La Caixa Barcelona
Here one can find one of the largest contemporary art collections of Spain, with over 800 works by national and foreign artists. The lead area is permanent and occasionally exhibitions of modern and contemporary art as well as the last trends in plastic arts and photography are held. A state of art auditorium for 350 spectators is used for different purposes from cinema to concerts.
La Caixa Barcelona
The aims of Fundaciķ Caixa Catalunya are: To foster and develop culture.
To promote and popularise artistic and scientific activities, to preserve and popularise the Gaudí heritage at the Casa Milā, La Pedrera, home of its Cultural Centre.
To organise exhibitions and activities at La Pedrera.
To organise travelling exhibitions and activities in the region where Caixa Catalunya has a presence.
To co-operate with other cultural organisations and institutions sponsoring and supporting non-profitmaking organisations.
Inside La Caixa Barcelona
"la Caixa" is the common name for the Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona (Spanish: Caja de Ahorros y Pensiones de Barcelona), a pension and savings bank in Spain. It is the most important savings bank in Europe, and Catalonia's largest and Spain's third largest financial entity.
Photo Shoot at La Caixa
Today's "la Caixa" is the result of a July 27, 1990 merger of the Caja de Pensiones para la vejez y de Ahorros de Cataluņa y Baleares, founded in 1904 and the Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Barcelona, founded in 1844.
The social goal of the bank is the gathering of savings through authorized means, the realization of beneficial works, and the investment of funds in activities which are secure and profitable for the general good.
Photo Shoot at La Caixa
Main buildings of La Caixa, Barcelona (Spain)Due to its status, the bank controls the largest foundation in Spain, and one of the largest in the world. This foundation makes major investments in such public goods as cures for alzheimer's, care of the aged and infants, technologically advanced classrooms, old-age centers, and the like.
In 2005 the bank received the Gold Medal of the Generalitat de Catalunya for these efforts.
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