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The rains recorded this past week in Andalusia have caused numerous incidents in this autonomous region of Spain
There has been a waterspout in Cadiz and even a tornado in the Seville municipality of La Algaba
these rains have been very beneficial for the agricultural sector
After two years of drought and restrictions in which rainfall has fallen below historical averages
today the water reservoirs in western provinces such as Huelva
and Cadiz have reached between 90 and 100% of their capacity - the Gergal reservoir in Seville is at an impressive 101% - and even the Viñuela reservoir has seen a significant improvement in its situation
when at the same time in 2024 it reached no more than 8%
because the water has been much needed for months," says Francisco Moscoso
"What we need is to have rains more regularly
so that the water will reach all places evenly
we have not recorded any major losses so far
and campaigns such as the lemon one are also going quite well
We are also hoping that there will be no major incidents or any loss of human lives while the squall lasts," he said
"It should be noted that the Government of Andalusia is already repairing the public roads and infrastructures that were damaged after the October storms
but has yet to pay compensations to the affected growers
the rains of the last week only stopped on Thursday
and there is still a yellow alert in place for storms and winds that could reach up to 60 km/h
as well as for heavy rainfall happening in the peak of the province's strawberry season
"Strawberry plants prefer spring temperatures and low humidity
so while these constant rains are very good for the fields
they are not entirely beneficial for the campaign
we only have 50% of the production we should have; however
we are harvesting fruit of the highest quality and reaching all European markets," says Manuel Piedra
who is fully involved in the 'I eat Strawberries from Huelva' campaign
we have once again launched some activities to promote our healthy
our mascot Fresi will be handing out strawberries in a nursery in Palos de la Frontera to promote the consumption of strawberries and fruit in general among children
On the 12th we will be in Valladolid promoting the consumption of Huelva strawberries
we will be in Bilbao on the 14th promoting our strawberries in a fruit store in the capital
we also want to promote the figure of the fruit grocer," says Manuel
"Greengrocers play a key role in the distribution of Huelva strawberries
and the difference in price between local greengrocers and supermarkets isn't great," he says
we are once again seeing supermarkets using strawberries as bait to attract consumers at prices that do not reflect the reality of the season
a supermarket chain has announced a strawberry promotion which
they won't be able to fully implement because of the impact of the weather on production," he says
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Flat and fast finale set up for bunch sprint along Guadalquivir River
Wednesday looks to be a day for the sprinters at the Vuelta a España as stage 5 rolls south into Andalusia for a flat finish in downtown Sevilla
Temperatures pushed 40C degrees on Tuesday and the same heat will be present for the 170km from the start in Fuente del Maestre with a series of uncategorised rollers
There is just one sprint bonification on the route at La Algaba
Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) have already distanced other riders in the green jersey competition by more than 70 points
The bonus points at La Algaba also serve as a signal for the final 14.6km to the finish line
where the two sprinters should be in the mix of a bunch rush for a stage win
It could very well be a third time in just five days for Van Aert and Groves to go 1-2 for a third time at this Vuelta
one of them riding away with a second stage win
The peloton will have to negotiate a few sharp corners once in the city limits
First is a roundabout at Avenue Portugal that swings away from the University of Sevilla and leads to a right-hand turn to Avenues de la Borbolla and Manuel Siurot
to redirect the peloton to the final 3.5km.
The finale will follow the wide Avenue de la Palmera that goes through María Luisa Park and beside the Guadalquivir River
The sprinters’ teams will have their work cut out to carry riders through the city streets to this point and then it should be a fast bunch barrage to the line
The Vuelta hasn't been to Sevilla in 14 years
In 2010 the Sevillian capital served as the host for the Grand Tour’s opening stage
Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) became the first-ever wearer of the maillot rojo
introduced that year in place of the golden jersey that had been awarded since 1999
Profile of stage 5 at the 2024 Vuelta a España(Image credit: Lavuelta)
were found inside a suitcase by children in a stream in Argentina
made his fortune doing luxury vehicle rental and cryptocurrency…
The dismembered remains of Fernando Pérez Algaba
made his fortune doing luxury vehicle rental and cryptocurrency trading
actively using the platform to promote his business ventures
reports indicate he was in Argentina for about a week before an alleged murder
Two children playing football found the millionaire’s body
After the children’s parents informed the Buenos Aires police
with another complete arm discovered in the nearby stream
The missing head and torso were later located by authorities on July 26
troubles started to surface for Algaba’s company
“Motors Lettuce SRL,” as it bounced checks
leading to purportedly insurmountable debts with the Argentine tax agency
stating that he had incurred significant losses from investing in cryptocurrency
his association with the violent gang Barra Brava reportedly resulted in demands for a $40,000 loan from Algaba
several tragic incidents involved crypto millionaires
the Government of Andalusia raised the Special Emergency Plan for the Risk of Floods in Andalusia (PERI) to emergency phase
It has been raining almost constantly in many parts of Andalusia for more than two weeks
the reservoirs in Huelva and Seville have had to release water because they were at full capacity
The rains have caused numerous incidents and road closures in the last few hours due to water pools and overflowing streams
and the rise in the level of many rivers has led to the preventive evacuation of residents on the banks of the river Campanillas
as well as the activation of the pre-emergency flood plan in the municipality of La Algaba
This situation has also had an impact on agriculture
some greenhouse structures were affected by strong winds
it is almost impossible to enter the fields to harvest the crops
and some plantations have been left unprotected
The situation is also not ideal for the trees
especially in this period of flowering for citrus and stone fruit trees (increasingly less abundant in Andalusia) or nut trees
of which there are more than 240,000 hectares planted in the autonomous region
this rain is not having devastating consequences
the subsequent fruit set could be affected," says Rocío López
a technician from the San Antonio Abad de Huelva Cooperative
"We are also 100% certain that this is going to bring diseases
which are the most common diseases affecting almond trees in this area
given the impressive amount of moisture at the moment and the rain that continues to fall on the soil
Almond trees in bloom at the end of February
"The rain in our area has also been accompanied by some hail
but we haven't yet been able to assess the impact of this on the blossom or on the production later on," he says
"We also fear that we won't have a good pollination
the bees cannot do their pollination work," says Rocío
San Antonio Abad has been harvesting around 200,000 kilos of almonds every season since the decision to diversify its production 6-7 years ago
despite its members being mainly cereal growers
a few years ago we looked for more profitable alternatives and almonds fitted in very well with our activity
to the point that we were able to make the machinery we already had for olives compatible with almonds."
we closed the season with an average price of 4.20 €/kilo
and this year this price could climb even higher
depending on the consequences on the production of this period of rain."
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Julia Zabrodzka spent time in a bullfighting school to learn about the traditions and culture behind the controversial contest
A student draws a bull in the sand in Venta de Antequera
I began the project in 2016 after watching a TV programme in Poland about bullfighting schools in Spain
but I was so surprised when I saw it: there were these young teenagers doing exercises in pairs
with one of them playing the bull and the other the bullfighter
It was just so striking and it made me realise that even bullfighters have to start somewhere
I’d never thought about it before and I found it really strange that these young boys already know they want to be bullfighters
There was also something a little ridiculous when you look at them playing at being bulls and then compare that to the blood and everything else that comes to mind when we think about bullfighting
I think the initial idea for the project came from that contrast
I discovered that there were more than 20 bullfighting schools in Andalucía and I wrote to five or six of them
Only one answered but I was still surprised because I thought they would be wary and would prefer to keep their distance
The teacher who replied told me to come and see how things were for myself
students of the bullfighting school in Écija
likes to come to the school in Écija to give advice to the apprentices
I had my own prejudices – at the beginning I thought it would be a way for me to learn about machismo and how it has developed
But when I arrived at the school in Écija for the first time in November 2016
One of the first things the teacher said to me was: “I understand you don’t like this; I understand that what we’re doing here must seem very strange to you
But we grow up with all this and it’s something completely normal for us.” He understood my point of view – or how people abroad see things
Top: Alejandro Cano signs pictures after a succesful fight in Villaluenga del Rosario
Above: a teacher from La Algaba prepares his pupils for entry into the arena
There were about 15 or 20 boys at the school
Most of them were teenagers but there was also one very focused six-year-old boy
but he was so driven and already knew what he wanted
I asked the teacher what such a small boy could understand about killing and death
He told me that these children don’t think about it all – they think about the myths of the great bullfighters and the atmosphere of the bullring and the striking traje de luces that a torero wears
you can see how prevalent the bull is in Andalucía
so it’s not surprising that kids and teenagers are exposed to all that culture and folklore
Top: young spectators in the arena in Osuna
Many are brought by their parents and grandparents
from the bullfighting school in Guadalajara
Right: most of the bullfighters are Catholics
They pray before the fight and sometimes take religious items with them into the arena
View image in fullscreenWhat’s more
there are some events and fiestas that are free or very cheap
because they have a promotional goal and they are organised usually in smaller towns
But the other thing I realised during the project was that for a lot of them
Many are brought to the school by their grandfathers
but they also watch bullfights on TV together and go to bullfights in small towns
It’s a really strong connection between the generations
If you really love your grandfather and he’s an aficionado
it’s really normal for you to want to please him by getting involved
Above: a lesson in the bullfighting school in Venta de Antequera
Boys do most of the exercises in pairs – one of them plays the role of torero and the other the role of the bull
View image in fullscreenI asked the boys what their favourite films were and they said they liked watching old bullfighting movies from the 1950s and 60s
There’s an element of nostalgia in all of it
You’ve got that old myth about brave young men using bullfighting as a means to work their way out of poverty and become stars
It was almost like a Spanish version of the American dream
But bullfighters back then were also so close to death that they knew how to live – and live well – when it came to women and artistic adoration and fame
I think that and the nostalgia explain some of the appeal for kids today
Left: David is one of the youngest pupils at the school in Écija; Yeray holds aloft one of the gold and magenta capes
I was struck by how nice they were and how disciplined
At first I thought I was going to do some kind of critique of it all
but I didn’t want to use the kids in that way because it’s just the world in which they happen to have grown up
I also came to realise that it wasn’t all about machismo
evil kids – which is how people in Poland usually see them
I didn’t want to focus on the actual bullfights and how they fight the animals because those are images everyone’s already seen
it’s about the story behind it all: why does this tradition endure and why do these young guys follow it
I wouldn’t be able to carry on with the project
and the bull is certain to be killed,” writes Ernest Hemingway in Death in the Afternoon
As told to Sam Jones in Madrid
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Plans to introduce an optional two-year course in bullfighting at Spanish state schools have met with opposition from hundreds of thousands of people, the Guardian reported
Draft plans of the course were leaked from the Spanish education ministry in October. The proposed course would include 2,000 hours of training in the theoretical and practical aspects of bullfighting—which the European Parliament voted to defund in October—and would prepare young Spaniards for a career in the industry
A petition launched in October
which has currently gathered more than 435,000 signatures
was delivered to the education ministry on Wednesday by animal rights activists
around 70 percent of the signatures were from Spaniards
with the majority of the rest coming from Latin American countries
Practical skills would include cleaning a matador's suit and waving the red capes used in bullfighting
On October 28, members of the European Parliament voted by an overwhelming majority to stop financing farms that breed bulls for fighting
Bullfighting is currently legal in most of Spain and is also popular in Portugal and southern France
as well as several Latin American countries
wrote that the government wanted to "perpetuate a tradition in decline by teaching 15-year-old children to torture animals
making a mockery of the already damaged reputation of the Spanish education system." The proposals were defended by the Spanish education minister
who said that bullfighting "is a long-standing Spanish tradition."
The issue is also one of political significance in Spain. The governing conservative Popular Party has given its backing to the sport, supporting the motion to have it classed as part of Spanish heritage, while the left-wing party Podemos has espoused a nationwide ban of the sport
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1944) expanded her field of action to installation art
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Soledad Sevilla’s time at the Computing Centre in Madrid piqued her interest in aspects related to the repetition and variation of units and lines
forms and patterns made from lines have characterised her unique way of understanding and constructing painting as well as diverse floor and string installations
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While Seville isn’t an expensive destination compared to a lot of European cities
a visit there can certainly start to add up with the wealth of delights on offer
there are lots of ways to ensure travelers on even the tightest of budgets won’t have to miss out – as long as you know how
You can explore centuries of the city’s history
check out the latest contemporary art or visit the major monuments
all without spending a dime – behold our insider list to the top free things to do in Seville
This gargantuan semi-circular brick building with its expansive plaza was designed for the 1929 Expo. With 48 ceramic tiled panels depicting scenes from all of Spain’s provinces, Plaza de España is still as popular with Spanish visitors today
or let the huge fountain gently splash you on a hot summer’s day
You can also see flamenco dancers perform daily
Once the most feared buildings in Seville, the riverside medieval fortress of Castillo de San Jorge was the seat of the notorious Spanish Inquisition
Today it’s open to the public as a museum that explains the fate of wretched heretics (Jews and Muslims who converted to Catholicism but were suspected of still practicing their faith)
This 15th-century palace hidden behind Calle Feria market boasts an outstanding Gothic-Mudéjar façade
the Mudéjar Art Interpretation Center explains this unique style of architecture
The small museum displays over 100 Mudéjar relics
and also explains how those intricate geometric patterns on azulejos (glazed ceramic tiles) were created
The smaller 16th-century Palacio de la Condesa de Lebrija has superb Roman mosaics, while the Palacio de Las Dueñas was the favorite palace of Spain’s most colorful aristocrat
and 4-7pm in summer; check each palace’s website for up-to-date details
this afternoon café-bar near the Setas (try the homemade cakes and craft beers) also serves as a hip gallery and cultural center
This converted coal factory in Santa Cruz has live flamenco performances every night, as well as poetry readings, film screenings, art exhibitions and other cultural events – and a bar, naturally. Check La Carbonería’s Facebook page for the latest program
Seville’s most eye-popping baroque church
this circular temple dedicated to King Louis IX of France is a feast of gilt and extravagant carving
For an unusual mix of history, art and industrial-religious architecture, plus pretty, peaceful gardens, head over the river to La Cartuja, a 15th-century monastery converted into a ceramic factory (spot the colorful tiles) and now open as the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo
and all day Saturday; they also hold jazz concerts and DJ sessions
The must-see of Seville is the biggest Gothic cathedral in the world
designed to inspire awe in 15th-century worshippers
The vast carved gold altar is a masterpiece
Other highlights include Columbus’ tomb and the Giralda bell tower
Entry is free at 3.45pm on Thursdays (tickets must be booked online in advance)
Built on the site of Moorish Seville’s main mosque – you can still see the 9th-century minaret and courtyard where the faithful washed before praying – Iglesia Colegial del Divino Salvador is the city's second-most important church but with no crowds
Look out for the seated Virgin in the former mihrab
Entry is free at 3.45pm on Thursdays (after the cathedral
and is also included with your cathedral ticket
This iconic riverside Moorish tower, built by the Almohad dynasty soon after the Giralda, is now a naval museum
You can check out its model ships and maps for free on Mondays
Don’t miss the fabulous river views from the roof
For many visitors to Seville, wandering through the narrow, windy streets of the old Jewish Quarter – and getting happily lost – is a highlight of their stay
navigate your way to Plaza Alfaro: the romantic curved balcony on the yellow-and-white house on the corner was supposedly the inspiration for the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet
Parque de María Luisa is a favored haunt of Sevillano families – children love its pools populated with ducks and fish
while architecture fans will gawk at the extravagant Ibero-American Expo 1929 pavilions
In one of the beautiful Expo 1929 pavilions next to Parque de María Luisa, you can see international contemporary art
There are temporary exhibitions as well as the permanent collection
which is themed around nature and the environment and features the likes of Andy Warhol and Joseph Beuys
Choose from the cozy interior or pretty patio for a relaxed coffee in this boho cafe on the Alameda de Hércules
and stick around for the free film showings
Built as a merchant’s exchange for trading the abundant materials that poured into Seville from the New World as a result of its colonization, this Unesco-recognised archive next to the cathedral now houses a wealth of documentary evidence about the Spanish Empire
Fancy a go at dancing Sevillanas, the dance of Seville's Feria festival? This fun bar on riverside Calle Betis has live music and a welcoming atmosphere
Every Thursday morning on Calle Feria, near the Alameda
you can find more than 120 stalls piled high with everything from old military uniforms and religious paintings to postcards
and Isabel II Bridge will all come into view as you make your way along the broad pavement next to the river Guadalquivir
Seats carved into the stone wall that runs alongside the river make the perfect stopping points to admire the view and rest your legs
the bars are mostly tourist traps; instead
head for Calle Pureza or the Mercado de Triana
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The history of Spain's bloody Civil War and brutal dictatorship that followed is well known
it is still something of an open wound in society
and modern day political divides often follow those historical fault lines
Recent legislation passed by the Spanish government has attempted to make amends with that history
It is also fairly well known that although Spain stayed out of the Second World War
the Franco regime was sympathetic to Hitler and Nazism
Many historians suggest that Franco's nationalist army would not have won the Civil War without crucial supplies from Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy
and Franco even moved the Spanish clocks forward by an hour in homage to Hitler
an historical oddity that remains to this day
READ ALSO: Why Spain is still in the wrong time zone because of Hitler
in recent years Spanish historians have re-estimated the extent to which concentration camps were used during the Civil War and dictatorship
with experts now putting the number at almost 300
As many as a million Spaniards (as well as a small number of International Brigade fighters) were held in concentration camps in Spain
the last camp was not shut down until the mid-1960s
According to the website Los campos de concentración de Franco: "In Spain there were also concentration camps in which tens of thousands of men and women ended up murdered
endured the onslaught of an army of lice on their bodies and were subjected to a cruel process of "re-education" aimed at renouncing their principles and accepting the dogmas imposed by Francoism and the Catholic Church."
The first camp was opened in the city of Zeluán
near Melilla (still a Spanish autonomous city to this day) on July 19th
and the last was closed in Fuerteventura at the end of the 1960s
Andalusia had the most concentration camps
along with the former Spanish colonies in North Africa
Around a third of the total camps were "what we aesthetically imagine as concentration camps, that is, outdoor land with barracks surrounded by barbed wire. Seventy percent were in bullrings, convents, factories or sports fields," Carlos Hernández, author of The Concentration Camps of Franco, told El Diario
None of the prisoners had been tried or formally accused
and the vast majority were captured Republican fighters
although there were also "mayors or left-wing militants" captured after the war
A distinctive feature of Spanish concentration camps was that "prisoners were considered criminals and lost the status of prisoners of war," Gutmaro Gómez Bravo, historian from the Complutense University of Madrid, told El País
"They had not been accused of anything nor had they been convicted"
However, unlike Nazi camps, being sent to one was not necessarily a death sentence. Javier Rodrigo, Professor of History at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, told El País that although "there was no particular desire to treat the prisoners well
because they were interested in reusing them for their army."
"They (the concentration camps) were spaces in which prisoners of war are interned
Guardia Civil agents and Francoist officials
prisoners were put into three groups: the forajidos
many of whom were sent to prison or shot; the "forced brothers"
those thought to be Franco sympathisers but forced to fight for the Republicans during the war; and the "disaffected" or "deceived"
those who were on the Republican side but the repressors valued that they did not have a firm ideology and that they were "recoverable."
The "disaffected" were usually sentenced to forced labour
and during the Civil War they were forced to dig trenches
they were mainly used to rebuild villages or roads
Hernández's research has revealed that the prisoners suffered physical and psychological torture along with ideological brainwashing
and sing the fascist anthem Cara Al Sol every day
Research has also uncovered testimonies of famines and diseases such as typhus
tuberculosis and lice plagues killing thousands of prisoners
Many were killed in the camp itself by fascist troops
a number of the concentration camps were closed
what Hernández calls the "late concentration camps," continued
More were even created during the 1940s and 1950s for different groups of prisoners and people deemed undesirable by the dictatorship
Notable post-war camps include Nanclares de Oca (Álava)
the latter two of which were designated for Moroccan prisoners of the Ifni war and closed in 1959
it wasn't until 1966 that the Agricultural Penitentiary Colony in Tefía
a camp where homosexuals were imprisoned and "re-educated"
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the Spanish Civil War was a long-burning tragedy that tore Spain in two
A dark period in Spanish history and a prelude to World War II
the conflict unleashed passions for close to three years
It ultimately led to a decades-long dictatorship
Socialist-led government against Franco’s right-wing Nationalist forces
the Spanish Civil War is a dark spot on the the history of Spain; stories live on and the country continues to deal with its past tragedy:
when army generals staged a coup against a fledgling republic in a restive
The coup failed but divided the country between those who supported the Republic and the nationalist rebels
in command of the army in the Spanish protectorate of Morocco
He promptly gained the support of German and Italian dictators Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. Their planes transported troops onto the mainland in the world’s first major airlift. The planes would go on to regularly bomb cities around the country. They destroyed Guernica, made famous by Picasso’s haunting painting
The fighting and violence occurred around the world. Thanks to new portable cameras the war was ‘the first to be witnessed […] by a corps of professional photographers at the lines of military engagement and in the towns under bombardment’, American writer Susan Sontag, who also wrote about photography, said in the New Yorker
“We must create an atmosphere of terror by eliminating all those who don’t think like us without any misgivings or hesitation,” rebel general Gonzalo Queipo de Llano called in a radio address in July 1936
and their families were executed in their thousands
Priests and nuns were also targets for their closeness to upper classes
They opted instead for a non-intervention pact with Italy and Germany
even as they continued to openly help nationalist rebels
intellectuals took the side of the Republic
from novelists John Steinbeck to Rabindranath Tagore
Authors such as George Orwell and Ernest Hemingway wrote about the war and its effects
The civil war became a clash between fascism and communism
Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin jumped on the occasion to strengthen influence
Some 50,000 volunteered from all over the world
“They saw fascism as an international threat
The Brigades appeared to offer the best way of fighting it”
They helped the Republic score rare victories; they held onto Madrid in a winter 1936 battle or defeating Italian brigades sent by Mussolini in 1937
But militarily inferior and weakened by divisions, the Republic slowly lost ground, losing key battles such as the Battle of Ebro. The government eventually went into exile in March 1939 along with some 400,000 Spaniards
1939 and ruled Spain until his death in 1975
historian Paul Preston calculates that 20,000 Republican supporters died after the war
He estimates that 200,000 people died in combat during the conflict
Another 200,000 died – 150,000 of these at the hands of nationalists
Franco’s regime paid tribute to its dead
Those who died on the opposite side now lie in mass graves
When Spain transitioned to democracy after his death
authorities opted for a pact of forgetting to put the past and its bloody divisions behind it
Then in 2007, Spain passed a law to help relatives willing to exhume and recover the remains of loved ones
But acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has boasted of not having spent one euro to put it into effect
founded by Franco’s former ministers
doesn’t want to ‘stir the ashes of the past’
Luis Ortiz Alfau was 19 and working at a food warehouse when Spain’s civil war began in 1936
as General Francisco Franco led an uprising against a democratically elected Republican government
Luis is one of the last surviving witnesses of the atrocities of that conflict
from the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica to the forced labor camps
“I joined a battalion of the Republican Left in the first days of August in Bilbao,” he recalls at his flat in Bilbao
surrounded by his archives and his computer
I had to join because they would surely call me up
I wanted to defend freedom and the legal Popular Front government,” adds Luis
We didn’t have rifles or any war material,” says Luis
Luis doesn’t see himself as a brave hero
He says he never fired a single shot during the three-year war
the most devastating conflict in Spanish history
“I was lucky to be in the transmissions section because I was a living phone
I would go from the battalion command to the trenches with an envelope,” he recalls
His battalion was resting in a neighborhood in Guernica on 26 April 1937 when German planes dropped dozens of tons of bombs
ultimately immortalized in Picasso’s haunting anti-war painting that year named after the town
“We had to go out and collect the dead and wounded
I had never seen so much blood,” he said
Historians estimate as many as 1,600 people died when aircraft from Hitler’s Condor Legion sent to Spain to support Franco’s forces carpet-bombed the Basque town
Franco blamed ‘red vandalism’ – a reference to Communists and other leftists – for the destruction of the city
Luis fled to neighboring France where he experienced the hardships of the camps where Spanish Republicans – deemed ‘undesirable’ – were confined
who was asked by a Basque government institute to write a biography of Luis
says ‘what is impressive’ about his life story is that he ‘passed through the most important places of the war and post-war’
When France entered World War II in September 1939 by declaring war against Germany
Luis – like thousands of other Spaniards – thought the time was right to return to Spain
But he was arrested at the border and in June 1940 sent to one of the 121 forced labor camps set up by Franco
according to British historian Antony Beevor
Luis likes to say that he is alive because he knew how to use a typewriter
he got the job of scribe in the labor camp
The camp was building a road through the valleys of the Pyrenees mountains on the border with France in inhumane conditions
I stayed with the officials in a small house
But the rank and file were in the outskirts in the barracks for livestock,” he recalls
Luis said he still feels shame for having contributed
to the hunger the prisoners endured when his corrupt lieutenant demanded that he hand over part of the funds meant to buy food
When he finally returned to Bilbao as a free man in 1943
Luis quickly realized that jobs were for ‘those who fought with Franco’
He only found work after he bribed a civil servant to eliminate his record as a former Republican fighter
Luis says he is ‘wonderfully happy’ that he has the chance to bear witness in the name of the former ‘slaves of the Franco regime’
An amnesty law passed in 1977 – two years after Franco’s death – pardons crimes committed during the war and dictatorship that followed
But a judge in Argentina opened an inquiry into Franco-era crimes
Luis was able to outline ‘everything that dead Republican prisoners can never tell’
“They would say: ‘We have to eliminate the red seed’,” said Rogelia Beltran as she recalled how her grandfather died in a purge against leftists in southern Spain during the country’s civil war
After Nationalist troops staged a coup on 18 July 1936
landowners in Andalusia aided the revolt by persecuting day laborers who they believed backed the government
the pro-Nationalist landowners were led by a matador
who became known as the ‘killer of bulls and reds’
Civilian supporters of the military uprising like El Algabeno received ‘carte blanche’ from the military men who quickly seized control of the region
“They were members of the rural bourgeoisie” who offered to repress opposition to the coup “mounted on their own horses and using their own weapons”
the memory of the purge carried out against leftists in Andalusia lives on
Paramilitaries and the rebel troops ‘carried out clean-up operations in the mountains’ where leftists and unionists sought sanctuary
a member of an association of victims of the civil war and the dictatorship that followed
His great uncle died in November 1936 in a raid near the village of El Madrono
“It was like a deer or wild boar hunt
The raiders would sweep the mountains so the prey would flee” and then shoot them
A 1977 amnesty law prevents Spain from investigating and trying the crimes of the civil war era and General Franco’s dictatorship
They would leave bodies in the streets as an example
They’d prevent them from collection so the animals ate them,” said Antonio Narvaez
He was just three-years-old when his father died in Marchena
A day laborer who did not belong to a union and had no political affiliation
“He would read the press to his colleagues,” he said with a toothless smile
Supporters of the right-wing coup would confiscate their homes and goods
leaving them without work and stigmatized with young children to raise
“They shaved their hair off and paraded them around the town,” said Antonio Martinez
His father was repressed during the war in the town of Escacena del Campo
said the idea was “‘if you don’t think like me
“It was an ideological purge that also included teachers
writers with a liberal ideology,” added Paqui Maqueda
a social worker whose great-grandfather and three great-uncles were killed in the town of Carmona near Seville
She gave the example of the celebrated Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca
Supporters of the military uprising shot him for his leftist sympathies near Granada in 1936
“But the lower classes were the most repressed,” said Maqueda
Plagued by high levels of illiteracy and miserable living conditions
farmworkers had formed a strong union movement
who is said to have speared day laborers as if they were bulls
“Many of Garcia Carranza’s crimes were gathered and detailed by witnesses and contemporaries,” said Diego Aguera
In a narrow street of white houses near the bougainvillea-lined main square of the town
a plaque reads: ‘Jose Garcia Carranza Street’
Aguera in March got the town hall to approve changing the name to ‘Equality Street’ because of the ‘countless murders he carried out
Several family members of the late matador refused to speak about his legacy
“Sometimes you think you are doing good and you are doing bad,” said one of his great-nieces
the street sign bearing Carranza’s name remains in place; local authorities are wrestling with the bureaucracy necessary to change it
Teenager Angel Bertran had just gone out to work in fields of hazelnut trees when Spain’s civil war burst into his small town with the arrival of Nazi bomber planes
was heading to the countryside outside Benasal
a town of around 1,000 residents in the eastern province of Castellon where a mountain range separates Spain’s Mediterranean coast from its central plains
They turned towards the town and nosedived,” Bertran recalls as he sits in a rustic wooden chair in the living room of his home
“They lined up and dropped their bombs
Within seconds you could only see dust.”
He stops talking and thinks for a moment before adding in a broken voice
Photographs from the time show entire blocks of Benasal reduced to rubble
The dome and roof of the baroque church were blown open
victims of a new war tactic: air bombardments
It was the first war where ‘aviation played a crucial role’
said Barcelona University historian Joan Villarroya
Planes bombed systematically the battlefront as well as the civilian population to ’cause terror and break morale’
Scholars of Spanish history estimate that at least 10,000 people were killed in the air raids during the 1936–39 war
The vast majority of the dead were opponents of Franco’s forces
The soldiers loyal to the Socialist-led government known as Republicans received help from the Soviet Union
Madrid became the first European capital to be bombed by planes
Hitler’s Condor Legion wiped out Guernica
Italian aircraft in Mallorca bombed Spain’s Mediterranean coast
especially Barcelona where 2,500 people died
Spain was for them ‘a test ground for World War Two’
said history professor Josep Sanchez Cervello of Tarragona’s Rovira i Virgili University
“They wanted to see what would be the effect of bombs on the civilian population
Benasal suffered one of these experiments, the testing of the Junker-87
a German dive bomber that served the Axis forces in World War Two
For decades no one explained why Benasal was a target
without troops and 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the nearest front
a university professor who lives in Benasal
found a German military report titled ‘Images of the Effects of 500-kilogram bombs’
The report proved that Benasal and three other nearby towns were tests for the dive bombers
At least 40 people died “because of an experiment
Rosa Soligo says she was in bed when the bombs landed near her house
She recalls hearing her mother scream and ‘a loud noise as part of the building came crashing down
“When they pulled us out of the rubble
our bodies were covered in blood because of the injuries
they were not very serious,” she said
The German dive bombers returned three days later but there were no longer any inhabitants left in Benasal
We suffered a lot… a lot,” Soligo said
The effects of the bombings are still visible in Corbera de Ebro
the site of the war’s bloodiest battle
The battle paved the way for victory by Franco’s forces
Insurgents ‘completely leveled’ Corbera
Fire and smoke engulfed the town for weeks
says local historian and high school teacher Joan Antonio Montana
Only the bell tower and facade of the town’s baroque church survived
After the war the surviving residents moved down the hill and rebuilt their town
The original town reduced to rubble as a memorial to a ‘town punished by history’
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A new survey has revealed that more than two million homes in Spain are located in areas at risk of flooding due to rising river levels
A further 330,000 homes are exposed to similar flood risks due to their coastal location
of the total of 25.8 million properties that make up Spain's housing stock
around 1 in every 10 (9 percent) are in areas at risk of flooding
ranging from a 'high probability' of floods in the next decade to 'exceptional exposure' within the next century
Following the recent deadly floods in Valencia
flooding is still front and centre for people in Spain and many will be wondering about their town
READ ALSO: How can I find out if my home is in a flood zone in Spain?
Which parts of Spain could see future floods
The research identified several areas of Spain at high risk of river flooding in the coming years
'River flood risk assesses the exposure of each municipality to flooding based on return periods ranging from 10 to 500 years
classifies the areas into five levels: those with a high probability of flooding in a 10-year return period; those that suffer frequent flooding within a 50-year return; areas with a medium or occasional probability in a 100-year period; those with a low or exceptional probability
associated with a 500-year return; and areas not identified as floodable or where there is no probability that the territory will suffer river flooding.'
different areas of Spain are ranked with an overall risk percentage produced for properties there
with 41 percent of its housing stock at risk
was found to be the area most exposed to flood risks
with 118,600 homes vulnerable out of a total of 292,774
This is due to the Pisuerga river passing right through the city
The most exposed municipalities there are San Miguel del Pino
where around a quarter (25 percent) of properties are at risk
equivalent to 229,294 homes out of 889,322 in the Andalusian area
There the risk factor is the famous Guadalquivir river and the most affected municipalities are La Algaba
where 22 percent of homes were found to be at risk
The most vulnerable municipalities in this province include Vila-Sacra
The report also revealed that 1.3 percent of all homes in Spain are located in areas with some level of exposure to coastal flooding
this figure is naturally lower than the overall river flood risk level because it only impacts towns and cities on the coast
The methodology used a similar system of analysing different threat levels over time
9 percent of properties in the northern area are considered to be flood-prone
most of them with a 'medium' or 'occasional' flood risk probability
Among the most exposed parts of the province are Santoña
was next with 6 percent of homes at medium or occasional risk
There the most vulnerable areas are: Haría
Other areas at risk of coastal flooding include Málaga
READ MORE: The Spanish cities that will be most affected by rising sea levels
An exhibition of Pomés’ vintage photographs of Barcelona taken between 1947 and 1969
Pomés’ 1958 vintage photographs of bullfights will also be on show after being hidden away for nearly 40 years
these images were commissioned to illustrate a book about bullfighting written by Ernest Hemingway
Recording and documenting this Spanish tradition
Pomés’ images successfully embody the drama and vigour of the sport
Hemingway died before completing the book so until now these images have remained unseen until now
When? Leopoldo Pomés – Vintage Prints runs 9 December 2010 – 22 January 2011 at the Michael Hoppen Gallery
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THE parents of Marta del Castillo are confident that their daughter’s body may be found based on new leads
Marta del Castillo disappeared and was murdered in Sevilla when she was only 17 years old
sentenced to 21 years and three months in prison has given seven or more versions of what happened to her
at least four of them given by those accused in the case
but her family has never ceased in their attempts to find out how she died
Now, a new police report could be the key to knowing the whole truth and finally finding the body. The case against Miguel Carcaño’s brother, Francisco Javier Delgado, initially shelved in 2013, was reopened by a Sevilla Court last year, based on a 200-page report by the National Police which would confirm evidence provided by Marta’s family
The evidence suggests that documents such as payrolls
work experience or income statements had been falsified to obtain a mortgage of €108,000 on the house in Calle Leon XIII where the crime was committed
is what caused the argument in which Marta ended up being killed
She was allegedly hit in the head with a pistol butt when trying to stop the argument between the brothers
The one to benefit from falsifying all the documents is Francisco Javier
These findings last year allowed for the case to be reopened
an anonymous informant told the family in a letter that Marta’s body had been left under a bridge in La Algaba (Sevilla)
in a difficult to access area of the Guadalquivir riverbed
believes that her body could have been thrown from the bridge
based on a tip from another anonymous informant
the National Police searched for the body on a plot of land in San Jose de la Rinconada
also indicated by Carcaño as the place where the body was hidden
They spent 15 days looking without success
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Alcázar palace and the Jewish quarter of Santa Cruz
While these monuments and flower-filled plazas
dotted with traditionally tiled tapas bars
if you head into the less touristy areas of La Alameda and La Macarena (both no-go areas 15 years ago) you'll find a mix of avant-garde eateries
communes and independent shops – without a flamenco apron in sight
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1. Get your bearings at Las Setas
architect-artist J Mayer H's soaring cluster of six parasols in the form of giant mushrooms that houses a market
like a spacecraft on an old car park three years ago and kickstarted a new wave of shops opening in the surrounding area
is good for a late breakfast at an outside table
Wabi Sabi, Seville3. Turn left into Calle Viriato where fashion, art and furniture emporium Wabi Sabi (Calle Viriato 9) is a light
lofty space perfect for showing local artists' paintings
and an eclectic collection of pieces: a turquoise planter's chair (€527) sits next to vintage bags (€37) and graphic-print dresses (around €62)
6. A few yards away is the Palacio de los Marqueses de la Algaba
a beautiful 15th-century palace that houses the Mudejar Centre
Mudejar was the architectural style practised by Moorish artisans under Catholic rule; the tall
arched window on the palace's market-facing facade is a perfect example
and the azulejos (ceramic tiles) with intricate geometric patterns that Seville is famous for
7. The main thoroughfare of the Macarena district is the narrow Calle San Luis. Pass the blue-and-white tiled dome of the eponymous baroque church, to the mould-breaking Rompemoldes at no 70
contemporary version of Seville's craftsmen's quarter
shared courtyard where you can see designers
artists and sculptors at work in their studios; many live upstairs
No Kitchen8. After a traditional Seville siesta, head to the recently opened No Kitchen (Calle Amparo 50)
wooden tables – focuses attention on the food: lightly (or no)-cooked dishes such as tender seared Iberian pork loin (€3.60) and smoked salmon with vodka and beetroot
The ceviche trend has hit Seville – scallop or sea bass come with kikos (small toasted corn kernels
9. Roof terrace bars are all the rage, for the welcome breezes and, of course, the views. One of the best is Roof on top of the Casa Romana hotel (Calle Trajano 15)
which has a terrace where you can watch the Setas glow other-wordly blue and pink
Seville isn't big on hip hotels, but the Sacristia de Santa Ana (22 Alameda de Hercules
the feel is dreamy and romantic: with restored French antiques (many for sale)
hand-painted headboards and rooms wrapped around a pretty wooden-balconied courtyard
Its suite (room 407) has three huge windows looking onto the Alameda
You can't beat the location for neighbourhood vibes
The best hamburgers in Seville have names and surnames and you don’t have to be squeamish to enjoy them. All of them bring together little negligible virtues: the quality of their buns
with extra everything and high doses of originality
Two warnings: you will need more than two hands to get them all and we guarantee that you will have to return to all these places
In this place they don’t mince their words and they make first class hamburgers in a fluffy brioche bun and accompanied by knife-cut fries. It’s impossible to choose just one, so you only have one option: come back and try them all.
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Delicious hamburgers, without high flights.
In the same line of very good hamburgers without pretensions or frills in Seville, Atticus Finch also has a lot to say.
An excellent location, terrace included, in the Feria Street Market and a quality-price ratio that is difficult to improve: hamburgers for less than 10 euros with fries, finally, included.
The meat used comes from the Pedroches Valley, the potatoes are homemade and are a perfect match. A space committed to the responsible use of food, its production and the ecosystem.
Their hamburgers have a powerful virtue: they could be eaten practically by themselves. And that speaks volumes and very well of this temple dedicated to meat.
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it is not strange that the popularity of the place is deflated or that the quality of the food is reduced to the detriment of the sales
View this post on Instagram The premises that once housed El Gallinero de Sandra now house Lokal
This project is the result of two Galicians who wanted to capture in the art of making hamburgers products of their land
And if the meat is the heart of a burger, the fact that it comes from Galicia is another level and the fact that the bread is made by them too
Since landing in Triana
The burger shop has earned the respect of a good handful of fans
It’s enough to take a look at their photos to understand why people lose their minds with these burgers
is a delirium of flavor and unbeatable addiction
They also offer other options whose names invite you to salivate: the cheddar
The price range does not exceed 9 euros and the most complete menu will barely exceed 12
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We include this restaurant in Dos Hermanas because it is undoubtedly worth the trip to taste its magnificent burgers
In this place you will find much more than meat between buns
Monkey Food is a wild and disproportionate proposal
where the dimensions and the explosion of flavors are carried by flag
their Macanitally or the Queen Macandcheeses will delight any insatiable inveterate
They have already conquered a good part of the Spaniards and lands in Seville ready to be among the best burgers in Seville
An addictive home delivery service with two juicy beef burgers
vegan options and its traditional Pollos Hermanos
You can choose between the smoked bacon cheese fries (smoked mimolette cheese and grilled bacon) and the parmesan truffle fries (black truffle cream with parmesan)
A perfect madness to taste without leaving home
Confinement gave this couple the chance to build one of those burger destinations worth traveling a few miles for
It is a collected kiosk around which authentic hamburger lovers gather in Seville
Given the creations they prepare at Street Food Burger
it is not surprising at all that this is one of the busiest burger joints in Seville and province
A restaurant that meets all the requirements to want to return: originality
excellent quality meats and an urban atmosphere that fits perfectly with its monumental burgers
Watch out for their gamberra 2.0 with pork ribs cooked at low temperature and Gublins
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Thinking of Central Park Utrera implies imagining a huge catalog of gochadas around the burger
This restaurant in the province of Seville goes beyond basic cheeseburgers
Here they take the noble combination of flavors and unscrupulous pleasure very seriously
this hamburger restaurant is not for those who are looking for the utmost neatness
you can get the gloves of Central Park Utrera
When it comes to burgers it is not easy to achieve excellence
Restaurants specializing in this delicacy abound although distinguishing yourself from the rest is not a trivial matter although it does not seem to worry the Lou Burger team too much
Their casual proposal is based on homemade
quality street food and promises to delight everyone
an eccentricity (in the best sense of the word) around cheese for those who think that there is never enough
are nourished with retinto beef from their own livestock
it fits) a good amount of flavor-enhancing elements
you will find a balance of flavors and always want more
Moving to Montequinto seems like a good idea as long as one approaches this restaurant delivered with care to the kind art of making burgers
Their burgers are a spectacle their pizzas approve by far
from the campera or carbonara to the truffle or the succulent Golden
Since Nickel Burger landed in Arenal it caught everyone’s attention for the care for details
They doubled the experience and now you can also enjoy their gourmet burgers in the epicenter of the Alameda de Hércules in Seville
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La Hermandad del Consuelo del Pelirón ha cerrado un acuerdo para el acompañamiento musical del paso de palio de su titular mariana
La Banda de Música Soledad de La Algaba (Sevilla) pondrá los sones musicales tras el coqueto paso de palio de esta corporación el Miércoles Santo de 2018
Esta banda de música sustituye a la Banda de Música Fernando Guerrero de Los Palacios y Villafranca
que hizo lo propio en la pasada Semana Santa de 2017
la hermandad vuelve a apostar por una corporación musical que traerá a Jerez sones de corte clásico y fúnebre para acompañar al palio de cajón de la Virgen del Consuelo
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La junta de gobierno de la Agrupación Parroquial de Ntro
Padre Jesús de la Paz de Cuartillos ha hecho público a través de sus canales oficiales que
tras las conversaciones mantenidas con la Agrupación Musical ‘Ntro
Padre Jesús Nazareno’ de localidad sevillana de La Algaba
ha llegado a un acuerdo para que esta sea la formación encargada de acompañar a la imagen de José María Leal durante los dos próximos sábados de vísperas del Domingo de Pasión
Esta noticia llega dos días después de que se constatara la no continuidad de la Agrupación Musical ‘San Juan’ tras la devoción cristífera de la citada barriada rural