{"id":10090,"date":"2026-02-09T12:33:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T11:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/the-carl-faust-foundation\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T10:17:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:17:17","slug":"the-carl-faust-foundation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/en\/the-carl-faust-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Carl Faust Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10090\" class=\"elementor elementor-10090 elementor-3028\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-961165b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"961165b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-136a13b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"136a13b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Carl Faust Foundation<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a1ced1 e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6a1ced1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ff8095 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" data-id=\"7ff8095\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"template.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-template\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"container\" data-elementor-id=\"10025\" class=\"elementor elementor-10025 elementor-559 elementor-559\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our schedule today is<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee76997 elementor-widget__width-initial horariohoy elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"ee76997\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div class=\"amdt-dynamic-time\"><span class=\"amdt-start\">10:00<\/span> <span class=\"amdt-arrow\">&rarr;<\/span> <span class=\"amdt-end\">15:00<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01b95c8 elementor-align-right elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"01b95c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link 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href=\"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/en\/dates-with-incidences\/\">here<\/a><\/strong> .<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8036432 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8036432\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36f9ba8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"36f9ba8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/tickets.marimurtra.cat\/mmlinkIV\/index.jsp?nom_cache=MARIMURTRA&#038;property=MARIMURTRA\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewBox=\"0 0 22 22\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M18.9665 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Faust established a board of trustees and entrusted them with the responsibility of keeping up his botanical garden and continuing his scientific work. In accordance with his internationalist ideas, the first trustees included German, Spanish, Swiss and British citizens. One of them was the renowned Catalan botanist Pius Font i Quer, Faust\u2019s friend and main adviser.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8248885 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8248885\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-609d5c7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"609d5c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Foundation is member of the Instituci\u00f3 Catalana d\u2019Hist\u00f2ria Natural (Catalan Institute of Natural History) and the Sociedad Espa\u00f1ola de Biolog\u00eda de Conservaci\u00f3n de Plantas (Spanish Society of Plant Conservation Biology).<\/p><p>In 2009 it was awarded the \u201cCreu de Sant Jordi\u201d given by the Generalitat de Catalunya.<\/p><p>According to its statutes, the Foundation aims specifically to:<\/p><ul><li>Enlarge the Garden\u2019s collections of living plants by occupying the land belonging to it to the most appropriate extent;<\/li><li>Enlarge its herbaria and library materials;<\/li><li>Maintain \u2013and adapt if necessary\u2013 the laboratories and the metereological observatory and add other facilities which may be necessary for scientific research;<\/li><li>In general, constitute a first-class centre for botanical research open to international cooperation; and<\/li><li>Contribute to the dissemination of botanical knowledge and its importance in the biosphere as a whole.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e19e73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8e19e73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Estatuts-Fundacio-Carl-Faust-Text-refos-20250220.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-file-pdf\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M369.9 97.9L286 14C277 5 264.8-.1 252.1-.1H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h288c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V131.9c0-12.7-5.1-25-14.1-34zM332.1 128H256V51.9l76.1 76.1zM48 464V48h160v104c0 13.3 10.7 24 24 24h104v288H48zm250.2-143.7c-12.2-12-47-8.7-64.4-6.5-17.2-10.5-28.7-25-36.8-46.3 3.9-16.1 10.1-40.6 5.4-56-4.2-26.2-37.8-23.6-42.6-5.9-4.4 16.1-.4 38.5 7 67.1-10 23.9-24.9 56-35.4 74.4-20 10.3-47 26.2-51 46.2-3.3 15.8 26 55.2 76.1-31.2 22.4-7.4 46.8-16.5 68.4-20.1 18.9 10.2 41 17 55.8 17 25.5 0 28-28.2 17.5-38.7zm-198.1 77.8c5.1-13.7 24.5-29.5 30.4-35-19 30.3-30.4 35.7-30.4 35zm81.6-190.6c7.4 0 6.7 32.1 1.8 40.8-4.4-13.9-4.3-40.8-1.8-40.8zm-24.4 136.6c9.7-16.9 18-37 24.7-54.7 8.3 15.1 18.9 27.2 30.1 35.5-20.8 4.3-38.9 13.1-54.8 19.2zm131.6-5s-5 6-37.3-7.8c35.1-2.6 40.9 5.4 37.3 7.8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">View and download the estatutes<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-682774b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"682774b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf1d9a1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf1d9a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Foundation is managed by a board of trustees formed by people of different nationalities and professions and organised in various working groups. It also has an executive committee allowing fast decision making and a management body. <\/p><p>Fully aware of the peculiarities of the current times, in which the speeding up of the disappearance of plant species due to antropic factors is evident, and understanding the importance of the botanical gardens in its management and preservation, the Board of Trustees has resolved to turn Marimurtra into a centre dedicated to conservation and scientific research especially in the Western Mediterranean region, encouraging civic awareness of the urgent need to preserve the Earth\u2019s green mantle. 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