This property includes the church (Crypt), the pinewoods and the land that partly surrounds the Colony in the municipal districts of Santa Coloma de Cervelló and Sant Boi de Llobregat.

The Board of Governors is the collegiate body responsible for the governance and administration of the Consortium.

The President of the Consortium is Ms Rosa Boladeras i Serraviñals, President of the Consell Comarcal del Baix llobregat (Baix Llobregat County Council).

The Manager of the Consortium is Ms Anna Hernández i Bonancia.

The headquarters of the Colònia Güell Consortium is that of the Baix Llobregat County Council:
CONSORCI DE LA COLONIA GÜELL
Parc Torreblanca, ctra. N-340
08980 Sant Feliu de Llobregat
(Barcelona)
SPAIN

Its telephone is 93 685 24 00, its fax is 93 685 18 68 and its e-mail is coloniaguell@elbaixllobregat.net

The main tasks of the Consortium are:
- The preservation of the pinewoods, roads and land in the surroundings of the Colony’s urban core.
- The maintenance and improvement of the church.
- The management of the cultural use of the church.
- The urban development of the Consortium’s land in accordance with the respective plans.

It should be noted that the restoration of the church, which is still in progress, was started by Diputació Provincial de Barcelona (one of the owner members of the Consortium) in 1999. The works are being financed in various phases by Diputació Provincial de Barcelona and the Spanish Ministries of Culture and of Development, respectively. The latest phase of the works to be carried out was sponsored by the Ministry of Culture.

Since 2002, the Colònia Güell Consortium, Santa Coloma de Cervelló City Council and the Baix Llobregat Tourism Consortium have been joining efforts, through a collaboration agreement for the development of the Colony’s tourist resources, to shape the Colònia Güell’s overall touristic-cultural offering to visitors.

Within the framework of this agreement, the Consortium awards the operation of the visits service, which is provided at present by the company Història Viva.

Taking and reproduction of pictures and use of the area

The Consorci de la Colònia Güell, as the administrator of the property, is empowered to authorise and/or limit the use of the area of the church (also called the Crypt) of the Colònia Güell and/or the reproduction of its image by third parties. This is also applicable to the rest of the land of the property.

The application of prices for the various services offered to visitors, for taking and reproducing pictures, or for the use of the land of the property, is based on the stipulation of public rates approved by the Board of Governors through the respective ordinance.

In order to take and/or reproduce pictures of the church for non-private uses or with a tripod or spotlights, a prior written application shall be submitted to the Consorci de la Colònia Güell, which will contact the applicant to notify its acceptance or rejection of the request, as well as the price, the date and time for taking pictures, and the details of the execution of the contract, and it will inform the applicant of any special terms that are applicable.

The ordinance in force on public prices for visits, taking pictures, and the use of the church area and of the land administered by the Consorci de la Colònia Güell, as well as for the sale of publications, was published in the Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona (Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona), issue 87, on 11 April 2003.

Ordinance on public prices

Documents

BOP 11/4/2003