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A bronze bust of Catalan painter Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa, mounted on a marble plinth, is located on the Pine Walk in Puerto Pollensa, Mallorca. Barcelona-born Anglada Camarasa was prominent in the Post-Impressionism art movement, and moved to Mallorca in 1914, marking a shift in his work towards painting landscapes. He lived in Puerto Pollensa for many years, except for a Read more...
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The annual La Vaquilla del Ángel festival in the city of Teruel, Spain, is celebrated over the weekend closest to July 10th, continuing until late on the Monday evening. Part of the wider Fiestas del Ángel celebrations in Teruel, dedicated to the patron saint of the city, Santo Ángel Custodio (or Holy Guardian Angel), La Vaquilla, draws large crowds to Read more...
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The Monument to the Sardana in Barcelona’s Sants-Montjuïc district is by Spanish sculptor Josep Cañas, located at plaça de la Sardana near Montjuïc castle. It depicts eight dancers carved from Ulldecona limestone, holding hands held aloft in a circle, performing the traditional Catalan dance la sardana. In the centre, a rock from Montserrat mountain symbolises personal belongings such as bags Read more...
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La Tomatina tomato-throwing festival is held in the town of Buñol in the province of Valencia, Spain, on the last Wednesday of August each year. The hour-long tomato throwing frenzy in the town square and surrounding streets is part of a week of festivities in Buñol, and has its origins in a spontaneous tomato fight that started during a parade Read more...
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Real Betis Balompié football club plays its home games at Estadio Benito Villamarín in the Heliópolis district of the city of Seville, Spain. Real Betis has played at the stadium since it opened in 1929, later gaining ownership in 1961 and renaming it after the club’s president, Benito Villamarín. In 1997, it was renamed Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, after Read more...
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