Tocar lÀnima. Els murals de la capella de Sant Miquel'

The Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Pedralbes holds several sets of mural paintings made mostly between the 14th and 15th centuries. The paintings of the Chapel of Sant Miquel stand out in particular, a key work both for its uniqueness and for its innovative character, which links Barcelona with the technical and artistic novelties that appeared in the Tuscan cities around the year 1300.The restoration work on these paintings, completed in 2018, provided a great deal of information on technical, historical and stylistic aspects, which the Pedralbes Monastery Museum wants to share through the use of new technologies applied to museography with the exhibition "Tocar l'ànima. Els murals de la capella de Sant Miquel", from 27 March 2026.This new museographic space consists of 2 areas: on the one hand, an introductory exhibition on the paintings of the Chapel of Sant Miquel, which explains the historical and cultural context in Europe, Italy, the Crown of Aragon and the city of Barcelona, and their influence on the paintings of the Chapel of Sant Miquel through the expansion of Franciscanism. It also explains the restoration process of the paintings, completed in 2018, and the large amount of information obtained about them during this work. This area includes several videos and an interactive where one can view the large number of important public buildings that were constructed in 14th-century Barcelona.The second area of this space is an immersive and interactive room, which is accessed once the visit to the previous exhibition has been completed. The experience begins with the projection of a video, and then the visitor is presented with an immersive three-dimensional image of the interior of the Chapel of Sant Miquel. In this room there is a motion sensor through which the visitor can move around the 3D recreation with the movements of their hands, approach the paintings to observe them with a high degree of detail, or move away to get an overview of the different panels. You will also find several points that you can activate to view 5 video capsules.