Nick Lloyd

A different way to see Barcelona! "The Walking Museum of the Spanish Civil War" Tues and Fri+occasssional others, 10am, 30euros/person, 4hrs. Also private tours on the SCW and Orwell's Barcelona Moltes gràcies [email protected] to book. thespanishcivilwar.com

Drawing in anarchist daily Solidaridad Obrera, 26 August 1936. "Libertarian dawn, July 1936" the previous hated symbol of Montjuïc castle in the background, and the Columbus statue, at the time, not Sagrada Familia, the tourist icon of Barcelona.

"Aitana Bonmatí is everything the fascists hate: a woman, Catalan, feminist, and defender of LGBTI rights, migrants, and the Palestinian people. Today, she sealed [Spain's ] qualification for the Euro Cup final with this stunning goal. What a star!"

Workers on barricade against military coup in Barcelona 19 July 1936. Photographer Agustí Centelles, the only one to venture out and take photos in the streets that day, is standing on Carrer del Tigre, looking onto Ronda Sant Antoni. Nothing staged here.

It took Rome 10 years to conquer Gaul, 100 years to conquer what they conquered of Britannia and 200 years to conquer Hispania. Aside from numerous piecemeal city states to deal with, Iberian geography had something to do with this.

Football match at ground of Europa, Barcelona's third team, then and now, in front of the Sagrada Familia in 1915. By Frederic Juandó Alegret.

The Garibaldi batallion, Italian members of the International Brigades, El Pardo, Madrid. November, 1936 Via Peter Verburgh on FB.

Roman roads of Hispania in style of a metro map. All roads don't lead to Madrid. Via excellent map-obsessed @simongerman600

Burning of Santa Maria del Mar, July 1936. 📸 By German anti-Nazi exile Hans Namuth, in Barcelona in the days before the war to cover the People's Olympiad, the antifascist games, for French magazine Vu.

Andrew Dowling @painesrepublic joins Alan for the latest episode in our Francoism series. They dive into the legacy of Francoism in Catalonia, from repression and resistance to how memory politics still shape the region today. open.spotify.com/episode/4HPgv7…

Peasants arriving in Barcelona from around Catalonia to volunteer to fight with the militias on the Aragón front against the Rebel military. Summer 1936, Plaça de Catalunya. Each with his blanket

Young armed militiaman by Josep Maria Sagarra i Plana, #OnThisDay 20 July 1936, Plaça del Portal de la Pau, Barcelona. All the dramaticism of that day in his pose with wrecked cars, upturned cobblestones, smoke

2nd issue of anarchist children's comic. "Libertario: el pequeño miliciano". Barcelona 1936. Here the young militia hero, following real events, attacks the rebel military at Colon monument #OnThisDay 20 July 1936 Liberto/a was a classic anarchist boy's/girl's name

On this day, 19 July 1936, the rebel Spanish military rose in Barcelona against the elected government. An unusual combination of anarchist and other workers with the loyal police, often fighting side by side, defeated them. By the next day. 450 lay dead. Photo Pérez de Rozas

'It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.' Voltaire Mural: "Allegory of Franco and the Crusade" (1948) by Arturo Reque Meruvia

This is wonderful. 4th tier @NewportCounty have made in collab with @Athletic_en a football shirt remembering the 56 Basque children who fled Franco in 1937, finding safety in the Welsh town, some forming team called Basque Boys. I'll getting one for my son as I'm sure will many

Tram lines unearthed as part of the reform of La Rambla this morning Photo: Collectivised tram, 4 minutes the street, plaça de Catalunya, 1936. The line stopped running in 1961.

Curious photo. 1936, Barcelona, I think 20 July, the military coup almost defeated in the city. British diplomatic car with freshly daubed paint "consulado británico" outside consulate family apartment, suitcases hastily packed, for evacuation on HMS London from Barcelona port.

Molt, molt recomanable!