In 1938 long before he had written "Animal Farm" and "Nineteen Eighty four," George Orwell published an account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War an account which was universally as ...

Joan Miro (1893-1983), one of the greatest Spanish painters of the 20th century, was born in Barcelona, Catalonia.

During the Revolt of Catalonia during the mid-1600s ... including during the Spanish Civil War. Francisco Franco, Spain's dictator from 1939 to 1975, took over Montjuïc and it became an ...