The Italian Legionary Air Force, based in Mallorca, was responsible for the aerial bombardment of the city of Barcelona from 16th March to 18th 1938, exactly 75 years ago.

The text tells much about Barcelona and the Spanish Civil War and much else mostly about the radical history of the city. It was Barcelona's revolutionary fervour that, more than anything else, helped to inspire volunteers from across Europe and the Americas to join the International Brigades and fight for the Republican cause.Curious, then, in a city that boasts 50 museums – among them museums dedicated variously to shoes, cannabis and erotica – that there is not one that commemorates either the triumphs or the sufferings of the civil war. The tour lasts three hours and is for groups of between 3-8. "Everyone knows that the English know more about the war than we do. "It is a suffocating, hot day," Nick says as he begins to describe the events of 19 July. "The people who take the tour come from all over the world.

But his ability to express that knowledge is remarkable. It was top class. "Mostly just a list of dates," says one. The objects and mementos he carrys help bring immediacy and life to the conflict.

On the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War anarchists set up the Antifascist Militias Committee in Barcelona. The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) was one the most violent and dramatic conflicts in the history of Barcelona. Spanish Civil War Tour. It was top class. To show your support, consider leaving a review or posting photos of tours and experiences you have taken. We are now two hours into the tour, and shiny, commercial Barcelona is disappearing behind a vision of a dark and increasingly desperate place.We return to La Rambla and the Hotel Rivoli, formerly the headquarters of the Marxist POUM party that Orwell joined.

Nick Lloyd has extensive knowledge of the Civil War, which wasn't a surprise.

See also Spanish Civil War Guided Tour in Barcelona. "I spent a long time debating whether to do the tours with Spanish people, but my Spanish friends told me not to be so stupid. Nick is a very knowledgeable historian and affable and led our small group around Barcelona in search of knowledge of the CivilI never knew much about this war, but it was interesting to actually be in some of the places where bombings occurred and bullet holes are still visible. Take a tour of Spanish civil war sites with Stephen BurgenLa Rambla today. On the 75th anniversary of George Orwell’s book about the Spanish civil war, Nigel Richardson revisits the Catalonian streets the author would have trodden. Photograph: Alamy. I learned a great deal and it was helpful to have knowledge of this still contentious struggle while we continued our tour Things to do in Barcelona ; Spanish Civil War Tour; Search.

In the Civil War in Barcelona Free Tour we will take you back in time to live again those terrible days as the city turned into a chaotic and bloody battleground. It was top class. In the Plaça Sant Felip Neri he points to the pockmarked walls of the church and says that after the war the fascists spread the myth that these were the bullet holes that marked where the rebels shot priests. I'm a history buff who's read "Homage toOf all the things to do in Barcelona my husband was non-plussed about the agenda, the only thing he wanted to book was this tour. It is considered the first carpet bombing from air in history. We are gathered on the south-east corner ofHe is describing the events of day one, at the hopeful start of the uprising. "We move down La Rambla to the Hotel Continental, Orwell's elegant base in the city. The text tells much about Barcelona and the Spanish Civil War and much else mostly about the radical history of the city.

He talks about the Olimpiada Popular organised in protest against the Olympic Games in Nazi Berlin. Taking this Tour was one of the best ideas we could have had; Nick isThe tour was an almost unbelievable mix that's a must for anyone interested in the Spanish Civil War. "Your own history is the one you know least about," says another, who tells me later that the war was never discussed at home. Harder still to picture the anarchists of the CNT (Confederación Nacional del Trabajo) union running a city that is now firmly under the thumb of dour Catalan nationalists, or to believe that what is soon to be a gigantic Apple store was once the Communist party HQ and was draped with vast portraits of Lenin and Stalin.Plaça Sant Felip Neri, with shrapnel scars in the church wall. The Jews of the Spanish civil war: a forgotten story.

Nick has a deep knowledge and appreciation of Spanish history and is a passionate storyteller. Nick is a very knowledgeable historian and affable and led our small group around Barcelona in search of knowledge of the CivilI never knew much about this war, but it was interesting to actually be in some of the places where bombings occurred and bullet holes are still visible.