The Basilica at Montserrat
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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in... [read more]
Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in... [read more] Blog: Human Castles and Montserrat
Date: June 11th 2005
Yesterday I went with the son of one of my language exchange partner to watch an Els Castellers practice. It's a Catalonian tradition a couple of hundred years old and it tells you just how crazy these people are. Basically they make these human castles up to 10 people high for show and they have contests and everything to see who can make the tallest tower. I had seen pictures of it in tra ... read more
Date: June 11th 2005
Yesterday I went with the son of one of my language exchange partner to watch an Els Castellers practice. It's a Catalonian tradition a couple of hundred years old and it tells you just how crazy these people are. Basically they make these human castles up to 10 people high for show and they have contests and everything to see who can make the tallest tower. I had seen pictures of it in tra ... read more
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