The entire population of the former village of Vallsera, (Balcera) near les Angles, was wiped out by the Black Death at the beginning of the XIV century…..
2019 marks the 80th anniversary of the exodus of the Spanish Republicans fleeing persecution from the Franco regime.
In the living memory of the elderly are brothers and fathers going off to one or other to war, and the stories of those who never returned.
Up to 4 months maternity leave, free health care for all, government-funded crèches and écoles maternelles, and a medal for having four children or more (yes really, read on)…. What a joy to be a…
The Chemin de la Liberte, a 50-mile trek, sets off over the Massif de Couserans in Ariège, one of the most difficult and treacherous escape routes over the Pyrenees,
The documentary described below, now finished, will be screened on Thursday 17th December on Catalan channel TV3 at 23h05 [(Argelès concentration camp)] A moving documentary of the ‘concentration camp’ hastily set up on the beaches…