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The hound of the Devil in Spain. At their master's behest, the dip hunted, a danger in the deep night.
Sanctuary of la Coveta, Manresa, Catalonia. Catholics believe that Saint Ignatius of Loyola retired to this cave to meditate and write his Spiritual Exercises. In the 18th century, the cave was turned into a sanctuary.
Photos: Manresa Turisme
I never knew about this location. This is definitely worth a pilgrimage one day. The Ignatian Meditation method is a true treasure!
Yes, it is in this cave that Saint Ignatius of Loyola had the mystical experiences through which he came up with his Spiritual Exercises, as he explained himself.
You might be interested in the Ignatian Way. It's the route that follows the journey that Saint Ignatius' did in 1522 from his birthplace in Azpeitia (Basque Country) to the Montserrat mountain and this cave in Manresa (Catalonia), passing through the churches and landscapes he passed too.
Sanctuary of la Coveta, Manresa, Catalonia. Catholics believe that Saint Ignatius of Loyola retired to this cave to meditate and write his Spiritual Exercises. In the 18th century, the cave was turned into a sanctuary.
Photos: Manresa Turisme
Escalivada is a traditional Catalan food made with roasted peppers, aubergine, onions and some times can include tomatoes. It's commonly eaten as a side or as a dish itself, usually on a loaf of bread with rubbed tomato and olive oil.
The word "escalivada" comes from the verb "escalivar", which in Catalan means the way of cooking it slowly on embers for a char-grilled result. Nowadays, many people at home cook it in the oven instead. It's often accompanied with salted anchovies.
Photo by fotoestudi on Freepik.
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hiya! I saw the post about the Catalan for Beginners course offered by the Pompeu Fabra University. I read that the 4th edition of the course is from 15 June to 17 July. does that mean that the course is in-progress and registration is already over? kinda feel like it is but I wanted to double-check. thank you!
Hi! First of all, thank you so much for your interest for our language! :D
I'm not affiliated with that university so my knowledge on this is limited.
Looking at the website, I'm already seeing the dates for the 2026-2027, so I assume the present one must be closed?
However, when I first recommended it I messaged some people who said they were taking the course to ask about it (they were all satisfied with it and recommend it to others btw!). They said that it's a self-paced course, where access to new materials opens every week and there are discussion forums for students to post their short texts and answer each other to practice what they're doing that week, but that there's no problem if you're late because the previous weeks are still fully available. For this reason, registration time is also open until some days after the day the course starts. After the 3-4 weeks of the course, all the material also stays open for an extra 2 weeks in case someone hadn't had time to finish. So, in future occasions, if someone is just slightly late, it should still be fine!
For anyone seeing this post who might be interested and don't know what we're talking about, the UPF university from Barcelona (Catalonia's capital city) offers free online courses to start learning Catalan. The course is in English and everyone can sign up. So far, they have two courses. One is for absolute beginners (A1.1 level, linked here) and the other one is the follow up (A1.2 level, linked here).
Meanwhile, if someone already has some (very basic) amount of understanding (for example, if you already speak another Romance language), there is also a TV programme for learners that you can watch for free on Catalonia's TV channel online streaming platform 3cat. The show is called Català Fàcil and it has three seasons, starting with the most basic things. It is made for people who moved to Catalonia with no prior knowledge of the language, so it's made to be very easy to understand. You can also activate subtitles in Catalan, though the main words are always written on the screen anyway. Here's the link.
Virgin of the Forsaken (1644) by the Valencian artist Tomàs Yepes. The painting represents the image of València's patron saint, known with the endearing nickname "la Geperudeta" (Valencian-Catalan for "the Hunchback girl" in diminutive form to express love and proximity, referencing the statue's posture).
Little is known about the artist. His name appears in the records of València's College of Painters in 1616 and some other court and notarial documents around the city. He is considered to have become the best still-life and flower vases Baroque artist in the Kingdom of València.
Pilotes de frare are a delicious pastry from the Castelló area in the Valencian Country. They’re similar to a berliner filled with custard cream.
Photos by Comunitat Valenciana and Al fum de la ximenera.
Monells, Comarques Gironines, Catalonia.
Photos by Francisco López on Flickr.
This kind of "flatiron" building is located in Barcelona's old quarter, in a street called "Carrer de la Palla", which in Catalan it means "Straw Street", because here it was taxed in Medieval times.
Photo by SBA73 on Flickr.
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People from Vilanova i la Geltrú (Penedès, Catalonia) celebrating their city’s festa major (local festivity). Each town and city has their own festes majors, set on a different day depending on their patron saints. Festes majors are one of the biggest festivities among Catalan traditions, which are celebrated with traditional dance and music. Though there are festes majors throughout the year, most of them are in summer.
Photos by Ajuntament de Vilanova i la Geltrú on Flickr.
Summer (L'estiu) painted in 1877 by the Catalan artist Joaquim Vayreda.
The landscape corresponds to the wetlands of 'la Moixina', on the outskirts of the city of Olot, within the Natural Park of the Volcanic Zone of Garrotxa (Comarques Gironines, Catalonia).
In fact, Joaquim Vayreda is considered one of the founders of the artistic movement that became known as the Olot School. It was a group of artists in the 19th century who worked in the Olot area and excelled in painting its landscapes.
National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC).
Lo dimoni (“The Devil”), painted in 1898 by Claudio Hoyos (Habana, Cuba, 1875 — Barcelona, Catalonia, 1905).
This painting has a deeper propagandistic meaning than what it might look at first sight. This green devil is resting over the landscape of Barcelona (the mountains behind are Collserola, the mountains in front are Montjuïc, the city is between them and the Mediterranean sea is on the right).
This devil that “threatens” the city represents Anarchism, the anti-capitalist and anti-state ideology that was very widespread among the Catalan working class between the mid-19th century up until 1939. This artist’s effort to paint this ideology in the worst light possible -literally as the devil- answers to its growing popularity at the moment and the threat it represented for the ruling class.
In the year 1919, the CNT (the main anarchist union) had 427,000 affiliates in Catalonia alone. At the time, Catalonia had less than 2,000,000 inhabitants total, so over one fifth of the country was affiliated to the CNT! And many of those who weren’t, in the countryside, were members of unions with similar ideologies but in organizations more focused on farmers, such as Unió de Rabassaires.
Most of the CNT’s affiliates lived in industrialized cities, such as Barcelona (Catalonia’s capital city). In fact, after the 1919 Tragic Week, Barcelona was nicknamed rosa de foc (“rose of fire”) because of the constant protests and barricades that took place in it.
After many successful actions like the Canadenca strike of 1919 that forced the government to limit daily work hours to 8 and raise the salaries, their most successful moment was the period known as “Revolutionary Catalonia”, during the first years of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) started by the fascist coup when they were bitter about the left wing winning the elections. All around Catalonia, industries and fields were collectivized by the workers’ unions, and even mansions, palaces, and luxury hotels were given a use for the general good, as the bourgeoisie fled the country to conservative parts of Spain.
This came to an end when the fascist Spanish army led by Franco won the Spanish Civil War and occupied Catalonia. Tens of thousands of these anarchists, as well as communists, people who defended the Catalan language and Catalonia’s sovereignty, and other antifascists had to go on exile, crossing the Pyrenee mountains by foot and being locked in refugee concentration camps by France, where many died of cold or hunger. The ones who stayed home had to go into hiding and many were persecuted, tortured, and killed for their ideology by the fascist dictatorship.
Mare de Déu de la Saleta chapel in Banyuls de la Marenda, Northern Catalonia, facing the Mediterranean sea. The chapel was finished building in 1865.
Photo by un_chti_en_pays_catalan on Instagram.
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The oldest paint shop still running in Barcelona (Catalonia): Pintures Jordi, since 1923.
They sell modern paint and don't lack in technology (like the credit card payment terminal or paint-mixing machines and catalogues), but at the same time their shelves are 110 years old and their cash register machine is 160 years old.
The shop only has one worker, its owner Joan Jordi Romeu, third generation running this shop since it was founded by his grandfather Joan Jordi Ferrer. The shop was founded in 1923 and bought by Joan Jordi Ferrer in 1928. Back then, his grandfather sold varnishes and paint, but also hand-made perfume and detergent, and some food items. With the passage of time, they specialized in making and selling paint, at first always hand-made, and later with machinery.
The shop is located in the city centre, in Antic Esquerra de l'Eixample neighbourhood. The survival of old family-owned businesses is particularly hard in areas like this. As a result of gentrification and touristic massification, most neighbours have felt forced to sell their independent businesses to multi-nationals.
Photographer: Jordi Borràs Abelló. Published in La Mira.
Summer Landscape (Paisatge d'estiu) painted in 1861 by the Catalan artist Ramon Martí i Alsina.
National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC).
