Gallery: Catalunya Day 2016, Tarragona
19th September 2016
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Hundreds of thousands of Catalans took to the streets on 11 September 2016, Catalunya Day, to demand independence from Spain. For the first time this year, the pro-independence rallies took... Gallery: Festa Jove, El Perelló, 30 July 2016
24th August 2016
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El Perelló’s annual Festa Jove took place on Saturday 30 July. It featured ‘correfocs’ – fire runs – one of the most exciting spectacles of Catalan culture. There was... Festes del Carme July 2016, L’Ampolla
19th July 2016
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Between 14 and 17 July, L’Ampolla celebrated La Mare de Déu del Carme, the town’s patron saint and the saint of the sea and fishermen. The celebrations reached their peak on Saturday... Catifes de Corpus: L’Ametlla de Mar, 29 May 2016
30th May 2016
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The Roman Catholic festival of Corpus Christi was marked on Sunday 29 May. The streets of many towns in Catalunya were filled with intricate carpets (‘Catifes de Corpus’ in Catalan) of... Firabril, El Perelló, 16-17 April 2016
19th April 2016
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Thousands of visitors came to El Perelló’s famous Firabril, the town’s celebration of honey and oil, on 16 and 17 April 2016. Stands were laden with food and drink, artisans displayed... Giant mural shows off El Perelló’s attractions
12th April 2016
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El Perelló’s giant mural in Parc de les Comes is now finished after 18 months of planning and another 18 months of work. The project was devised and led by local artist Linda Bradish who... Carnestoltes, El Perelló, 12-13 February 2016
19th February 2016
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Carnival in El Perelló took place – in spite of the rain – on Friday 12 and Saturday 13 February. The under-threes kicked off the celebrations, all dressed as medics. Their truck and... Festes de Sant Antoni, El Perelló, January 2016
22nd January 2016
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El Perelló honoured its patron saint, Sant Antoni, in January with its Festa Major, the most important event in the village’s calendar. Dozens of events took place between 15 and 19 January,... L’Home dels Nassos, El Perelló, 31 December 2015
31st December 2015
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Catalan legend says there’s a man who starts the year with 365 noses, and he loses one each day. However, he can only be spotted on New Year’s Eve when children go in search of him. The... N340 demonstration, 29 October 2015
30th October 2015
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On Thursday 29 October, demonstrators closed the N340 for an hour to demand government action to reduce accidents. This was the sixth consecutive week that the demonstration took place. Events were... San Cristofol, El Perelló, 11 July 2015
17th July 2015
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A statue of Sant Cristofol headed a procession of lorries blasting their horns through El Perelló on Saturday 11 July. Sant Cristofol (Saint Christopher) is the patron saint of travellers, and the...