* Las statistics are updated every six months, in june and early in january.
The Spanish Archives Portal (PARES) contains descriptive records and digital images of the documentary collections preserved in the state archives.
Each document described in PARES could be associated to one or several images digital/objects.
Until 8 january 2025 in PARES 5.541.781 descriptions are published, associated with a total of 38.385.550 image/digital objects issued:
YEAR | Total descriptive records | All images |
---|---|---|
2007 |
2.577.891 |
--- |
2008 |
2.962.883 |
--- |
2009 |
3.223.614 |
20.027.182 |
2010 |
3.299.686 |
21.310.288 |
2011 |
3.361.098 |
23.439.403 |
2012 |
3.386.617 |
26.786.328 |
2013 |
3.415.088 |
27.783.393 |
2014 |
3.450.620 |
29.240.811 |
2015 |
5.278.741 |
29.787.759 |
2016 |
5.297.797 |
30.181.982 |
2017 |
5.300.781 |
31.878.890 |
2018 |
5.318.775 |
32.783.214 |
2019 |
5.349.645 |
35.077.219 |
2020 |
5.373.151 |
35.527.247 |
2021 |
5.381.178 |
36.208.563 |
2022 |
5.403.867 |
36.770.789 |
2023 |
5.432.778 |
37.391.868 |
2024 |
5.473.495 |
37.592.271 |
2025 |
5.611.220 |
39.898.020 |
Not all the documents described in PARES has pictures.
Until 8 january 2025 there narrative digitized 2.065.031 records, representing an approximately women entrepreneurs received 37.26 per cent of the total. This percentage is evolving as they develop the work of digitisation in the files.
Until 8 january 2025, the total number of rows of authority is 81.656, 18.169 are individuals, families or institutions or participants in producing the genesis of documents (approximately 22.25 per cent):
YEAR | The Total authority records |
---|---|
2016 |
47.879 |
2017 |
52.426 |
2018 |
56.428 |
2019 |
62.665 |
2020 |
66.052 |
2021 |
68.375 |
2022 |
72.256 |
2023 |
77.163 |
2024 |
81.666 |
2025 |
87.795 |
The data from recent years reflect an overall increase the visibility of PARES on the internet.
Year | Users | Working session | Páginas consulted |
---|---|---|---|
2015 |
544.581 |
1.122.878 |
24.161.288 |
2016 |
568.224 |
1.201.466 |
24.342.529 |
2017 |
629.652 |
1.353.693 |
24.692.232 |
2018 |
771.423 |
1.503.411 |
25.117.197 |
2019 |
937.550 |
1.766.503 |
25.403.104 |
2020 |
1.143.857 |
2.104.276 |
17.128.101 |
2021 |
833.717 |
1.760.243 |
15.568.581 |
2022 |
997.848 |
2.023.570 |
17.122.213 |
2023 |
1.127.438 |
2.256.794 |
20.246.716 |
2024 |
679.420 |
1.334.140 |
11.870.933 |
2025 |
781.048 |
1.534.520 |
13.199.931 |
The five funds or documentary collections most consulted in PARES are:
Fund/Collection | Archive |
---|---|
National delegation Documentary Services of the presidency of the government |
CDMH (Documentary Centre of Historical Memory) |
AGI (General Archive of Indias) |
|
ARCHV (Archive of Royal Chancillería of Valladolid) |
|
AGI (General Archive of Indias) |
|
AHNOB (Historical Archive of the Nobility) |
The five most consulted documentary series in PARES are:
A documentary series | Archive |
---|---|
ARCHV (Archive of Royal Chancillería of Valladolid) |
|
ARCHV (Archive of Royal Chancillería of Valladolid) |
|
AHN (National Historical Archive) |
|
CDMH (Documentary Centre of Historical Memory) |
|
Letters, dispatch notes and consultations (Genoa Negotiation) |
AGS (General Archive of Simancas) |
The five most consulted documentary units in pairs are:
Documentary unit | Archive |
---|---|
* CDMH (Documentral Centre of historical memory) * La documentation is kept physically at the heart of historical memory. |
|
Marriage settlements of admiral don cristóbal colón or "of Santa Fe" |
ACA (Archives of the Crown of Aragon) |
AGI (General Archives of Indias) |
|
AHN (National Historical Archive) |
|
AHN (National Historical Archive) |
In addition to peers, there are other databases in which you can consult our or those of other institutions of files with whom we collaborate in joint projects.
Until 8 january2025, data are:
Database | Descriptions | Imágenes |
---|---|---|
77.480 |
244.802 |
|
Portal of Victims of the Civil war and retaliatory prison by the Francoism |
991.477 |
No |
Photographic Archive of the delegation of Propaganda of Madrid during the Civil war |
3,054 |
6.107 |
13.118 |
300.046 |
|
8.709 |
No |
|
Portal of the two-hundredth anniversary of the Ibero-American Independence |
9.636 |
2,705 |
15.775 |
352.748 |
|
35.355 |
113.621 |
|
202.501 |
No |
|
Military and law enforcement personnel in the service of the republic |
350.289 |
No |
59.852 |
No |
|
Catalogue of maps, Planos and drawings of the General Archive of Simancas |
8.411 |
11.697 |
2,293 |
2,310 |
|
124 |
No |
You can find more complete information not only of PARES, but other owned files, Files belonging to National Statistical Plan and developed, annually, the sub-directorate General of the state archives of the ministry of culture, with the collaboration of the Sub-Department of publications and Cultural heritage of the ministry of defence. In these statistics provides information concerning deposits/funds documentaries, services in room and on the Internet, consultations, educational and cultural activities, services, equipment and seconded personnel.