Defeat of the military rebellion in Barcelona.

Looking at the city through the prism of the war can help to understand modern Catalonia and Spain.

But, the scars of the Civil War are not yet closed, and run as an undercurrent through today’s society and politics.

The city today is of course unimaginably different from that described by Orwell. Although Franco died in 1975, only in January 2011 were the last monuments to his victory torn down in Barcelona. Then, on a freezing morning on 26 January 1939, Franco’s troops entered the city, and set about destroying everything the Republic had built. Barcelona was also one of the first cities in the world to be systematically bombed, and the first to build a large number of air-raid shelters, a few of which survive today. Control by workers would be crushed less than 10 months later by the also leftist Republican government supported by the Stalinist communist party, as is described by Orwell in Homage to Catalonia. George Orwell’s Barcelona(private tour only)Īfter the military coup was defeated in Barcelona on 19-20 July 1936, the city was engulfed by a unique anarchist revolution which saw most of the city’s businesses and industry collectivised by self-managed workers committees, but which was also acommponaied by revolutionary violence.Urban wildlife and history tour With Monica Navarro. A walk across Montjuïc – Spanish Civil War, working class history, repression, wildlife: a loved and hated hill.History of Anarchist Barcelona tour (with Catherine Howley.Contactfor meeting point and to book More tours

Please book in advance to avoid disappointment. Please email for times and dates or check twitter to the right Shorter two hour tours are also available (From 200 euros).ĭates, times and booking: Mornings. (3 hours – please specify if you want a private tour when contacting me). The tour is currently 3 hours and a half and costs 30 euros per person paid in cash at the end. Guides are Nick Lloyd and Catherine Howley Practical details for 2022-23 tour Nick’s guidebook Forgotten Places: Barcelona and the Spanish Civil War” is available in print and on Kindle.Ĭlient comments here below or many others here on Tripadvisor See also review in The Guardian here The tour has also become a walking museum of the Spanish Civil War as we have a good number of original museum-type artefacts on the tour to show you from the war, each of which tells a story, most of which you will be able to handle.

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