an irregular terrain, slope and with the obligation to respect the trees in allocated land. It had an area of 1,400 square meters. It took a sober building that followed the lines of rational architecture despite its ephemeral nature. So basically acquired a cultural and propaganda to let the world know the situation unfolding in Spain, precisely define the objectives of government and emphasized the struggle of the Spanish people. Inside (front and acting as a gigantic panel exhibitor), they exhibited posters, photographs, photomontages, proclamations, information panels, as well as art and craft, sent directly from Spanish central and regional governments and various unions. Much of the exhibits sought to proclaim to the public the situation was before and after the Spanish Republic, and the war situation. One of its main attractions was the famous Guernica by Pablo Picasso, located in one wall of the central courtyard where the Mercury Fountain, made by Alexander Calder. The building now With the Olympic Games of 1992, the City Council commended the architects Antonio Ubach, Juan Miguel Hernandez and Miguel Espinet Leon carrying a replica of the Pavilion of the Republic that had been presented at the International Exhibition of Paris of 1937 and was destroyed in the end. Today, this landmark building, given since 1994, the City Council at the University of Barcelona, is occupied by CRAI Library Hall of the Republic, which has one of the most important collection in the world on Second Republic Civil War, Francoism, Transition and exile in Spain, especially in Catalonia and the International Centre for Historical Studies, founded by Jaume Vicens Vives. A reproduction of Picasso's famous Guernica can be seen, as was its original location, on a wall of the open courtyard of the pavilion. Equipment Area: 1.109 m2 Restricted bookcases: 5.294 metres lineals Reading points: 42 (Reading room: 30 / Basement: 12) Self-service photocopier: 1 Searching PC's: 3 VHS/DVD player: 1 Specific services Access conditions and fund's search Reproduction and document's for borrowing Building use Pavelló de la República video Library's catalogue's news Visits to the Pavelló e la República Building plan Training Pavelló de la República's fund diffusion Library's annual report References External links CRAI of the Universitat de Barcelona Library and Pavelló de la República archive's collections General description of the Library and the archive's collection Archive's inventories of collections Monographic compilations (links to catalan pages) Exile Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)