Located in the northeast region of Spain, Catalonia is largely independent ... They chanted for the Spanish flag to be removed as live music played. The region’s parliament voted to establish ...

The crowd of people, some waving Catalonia’s flag, but many hoisting Spain’s, grew to fill the square in front of city hall. Protestors tried a few times to pull down a pro-referendum banner ...

and the Borbonic Monarchic flag became the national flag. In Catalonia, however, the plurinational vision of Spain did not disappear; the left parties continued to call for a redefinition of Spain.

“We’ve flown the flag that represents everyone ... most Spaniards are against allowing Catalonia, or any of Spain’s 16 other regions, to secede. Spain’s 1978 constitution pledges ...

The yellow- and red-striped flag with a white star and blue triangle ... people could have massive implications for all of Spain: Catalonia is arguably Spain’s most powerful economic region ...

The red and yellow Spanish flag rarely appears on balconies ... and runs a public health service. Catalonia has formed part of Spain since the union of the crowns of Castile and Aragon, which ...

After Franco’s death in 1975, Catalonia regained much of its freedom, and four years later it became an autonomous region of Spain with its own parliament, government, flag and anthem.

Rallying around the flag against the reform was ... what would be the way forward for Catalonia in the European Union? A threat that Spain holds against the Catalan government is, if you leave ...