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HOME - EN | Biblioteca Borja HOME - EN The Borja Library is a bibliographic fund specialized in humanities, especially theology, Bible, spirituality, philosophy, psychology, art and literature. The set contains some 270,000 volumes distributed along about 9,000 linear meters. The Borja Library located in Sant Cugat del Vallés, a few kilometers from Barcelona, ​​on the Esade university campus, is integrated into the Library of Esade-Sant Cugat Next to the campus are the facilities of the Borja Center of The Society of Jesus See Catalogue A bibliographic background with more than 270,000 volumes 1864 - Origin The Bishop of Tortosa, Benet Vilamitjana, ceded a collection of some 3,000 books and premises to house it and the ‘Col·legi Màxim’ to The Society of Jesus. This collection was the seed of today’s library. History of the Library Heritage funds and collections Within the old collection of the library there is a large number of works and unique editions of great importance, such as 532 manuscripts, 342 parchments, 42 files, 41 incunabula, 1,127 rare books and more than 20,000 documents from between the 16th and 18th centuries. More information Check our services of reproduction and loan of documents Document reproduction Borrowing Interlibrary loan Visit our image gallery More information