Historically, Catalonia was a major hub of Jewish settlement before the Inquisition of 1492. Prior to the expulsions that followed this Church-led campaign of religious persecution, a Jewish ...

This Cistercian abbey in Catalonia is one of the largest in Spain. At its centre is a 12th-century church. The austere, majestic monastery, which has a fortified royal residence and contains the ...

The 11th Century church of Sant Romà de Sau was submerged ... to the city and other towns in the north-eastern region of Catalonia for half a century. But in recent months it has become the ...

Jail terms revive Catalonia's territorial crisis Catalan ... Earlier, Barcelona's Sagrada Familia church - one of the city's main tourist attractions - was closed after protesters blocked its ...