PHOTO ARCHIVES

Barcelona, Spain - 1918 - This photograph shows a view of the automobile workshop at the Salesian vocational schools in Sarrià, Barcelona, in 1918. Because of the uniqueness of the image, the historian of the Historical Museum of Barcelona, Xavier Cazeneuve, requested it from the Salesian archives to be included in the "Postwar Ingenuity" exhibition held at the "Fabra y Coats Factory" in Sant Andreu (Barcelona), on the theme, "The Postwar Automotive Industry in Barcelona."

Pordenone, Italy – 1924 – This year marks the Centenary of Collegio Don Bosco Pordenone. Already in 1920, Fr Giuseppe Marin, a diocesan priest, had begun an oratory dedicated to Don Bosco in the former villa Querini. Then, in 1924, the Salesians arrived, with Fr Renato Ziggiotti as director. The school had 100 students and there was also the fifth grade class with 25 schoolchildren. Two years later, in 1926, the lower secondary school, named after Don Bosco, and the first class of the higher secondary were also opened.

Porto, Portugal - 1962 - The Oficina de São José Past Pupils of Porto triumphed on 7 August 1962, in the 3rd Division national basketball championships. The club had been founded on 31 March 1940, and in more recent times, in the 2007/2008 championship, it also emerged in the 2nd Division national championships.

Vatican City, Vatican - 1 April 1934 - Pope Pius XI proclaimed John Bosco holy on 1 April 1934, on Easter Sunday, at the conclusion of the Extraordinary Jubilee of the Redemption. The picture shows the large number of people who took part in the great event.

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