The Casa Mila, popularly known as La Pedrera (the quarry) is one of the jewels of Barcelona. It was the last civil building by Gaudi, and was considered to be controversial because of its undulating stone facade and twisting wrought iron balconies and windows. Fast forward a century, it delights visitors to the city, and is the venue for some wonderful concerts and exhibitions. Music at the Pedrera is one such event. This year a careful selection of the most talented young performers in ...

This weekend in Barcelona the fascinating Victors and Vanquished exhibition is running at the Entitat Memorial Democràtic, until February the 26th. The exhibition examines the tragic consequences of the Spanish Civil War and Franco’s subsequent dictatorship through a series of photographs, memorabilia and eye-witness accounts of Catalunya’s harsh treatment under Franco. Following the fall of largely republican Barcelona to Francisco Franco’s fascist forces in 1939, Catalan autonomy was ...