A map shows ... in northern Spain, has a complex relationship with Spain and a strong sense of independent identity. Aragonese is spoken in the northeastern region of Aragon.

Taking in a large swathe of the Pyrenees, the Lleida region displays Catalonia at its most raw and rugged. Now, it's increasingly putting itself on the map as ... on the Spain-France border.

An autonomous region in northeastern ... of the Crown of Aragon, and when Ferdinand I of Aragon married Queen Isabella of Castile in 1469, Catalonia became part of a unified Spain.

It was last updated on 21 August 2023 Proud of its own identity and language, Catalonia is one of Spain's richest and most highly industrialised regions ... kingdom of Aragon, going on to become ...