At the beginning of the 20th Century, Catalonia had gained and lost varying degrees of autonomy a number of times. Catalan pro-independence ‘Estelada’ flags (Picture: Pau Barrena/AFP/Getty) ...

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 ...

In 1492, as every American knows, three vessels captained by Christopher Columbus sailed west from Spain in search of a new route to Asia. Columbus inadvertently “discovered” the American ...

The church has been mostly underwater since the 1960s when the government of the Catalonia region created the Sau Reservoir on the site of the former town. Harsh drought in Spain uncovers 11th ...