Later, during the early 20th century before the years of Francisco Franco's fascist dictatorship, Catalonia enjoyed some degree of self-government. Modern-day Catalonia has a parliament, a ...

Stunning vintage postcards from the 1900s depict early twentieth century life across Catalonia. ... A man works in the road near Principal gate, Fuentarrabia, in Spain's popular Basque Country.

Reinterpreting Spain's 20th century . The works of Sir Paul Preston have succeeded in breaking the so-called ‘pact of forgetting’. Antoni Bassas Onieva. Catalan broadcaster and recipient of the ...

There were various efforts at self-rule in the early 20th century, but then along came the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s. Catalonia and most of the minority regions of Spain sided with the leftists ...

On Saturday, September 27, in a solemn ceremony in Barcelona's ornate, 15th- century government palace, surrounded by the great and the good of Catalan politics, Artur Mas i Gavarró, the stylish ...

Spain, after all, is Catalonia’s biggest market, ... it wasn’t seny that made Catalonia the world center of revolutionary anarchism in the first half of the twentieth century.

The millennium closed out with Jari Litmanen as the shirt’s beholder after Giovanni had become the longest incumbent since Archibald. The mightily talented Litmanen struggled to settle in Barcelona, ...

When Spain became a republic in 1931, it granted Catalonia semi-autonomous status. But during the Spanish Civil War, Catalonia backed the losing side, and in its aftermath the fascist general ...

As the wealthiest part of Spain, Catalonia makes the largest extra contribution to the budget for distribution around the poorer parts of the country. ... In the 20th Century alone, ...

During an exclusive visit today to Catalonia’s presidential palace, which dates to the 14th century, Catalan leaders met in a chapel without their cellphones, likely out of fear their phones ...

Catalonia accounts for nearly a fifth of Spain's economy, and leads all regions in producing 25% of the country's exports. It contributes much more in taxes (21% of the country's total) than it ...