Firefighters facing a major crisis: ‘I’ve never seen a fire burn with such intensity’
Crews underline the force and anarchy of the Ávila fire and insist on improving response systems
Underinvestment, crumbling walls and rave parties: Spain doesn’t know what to do with its castles
José María Sadia|Madrid|
Experts are calling for an updated official inventory to fully understand the state of the fortifications and halt their progressive deterioration: more than half are in danger of collapsing
Orson Welles’ love affair with Spain’s Castilla y León region
EL PAÍS takes a journey through Ávila, Soria, Segovia and Valladolid in search of the places that captivated the brilliant filmmaker in the year in which his most moving work, ‘Chimes at Midnight,’ turns six decades old
The retired electrician who has revived cinema in a corner of Spain
Miguel Pérez, an amateur film buff, repairs projectors and other pieces of enormous cultural value, and displays them in a museum in the village of Veguellina de Órbigo, far away from the cultural centers of Spain
Spanish authorities put number of active forest fires across the country with a high risk level at 16
A fire that started in the Galician town of A Mezquita spread to Castile and León on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of 1,700 people
Fires continue to rage in Spain, overwhelming authorities
Firefighting professionals denounce their precarious working conditions and the lack of coordination within regional government operations. The blazes have now claimed three lives
Spain faces another day of battling wildfires across the country amid weather warnings
The blazes, which have extended across several regions, have caused two deaths, devastated thousands of hectares, and forced more than 5,000 people to evacuate their homes
Spain battles dozens of wildfires amid heatwave
The fires have scorched thousands of hectares, forced residents from homes in multiple regions, and claimed one life near Madrid
When the cross became a sword: The Templars and other military orders that fought against the Muslims in Iberia
A course on Romanesque art shows the little-known legacy in Spain of the religious militias that fought for Christianity and the myths that surrounded them
Welcome to the most technologically-advanced village in Spain: It doesn’t have high-speed internet, but there’s a uranium plant
The residents of the peaceful Juzbado, in the province of Salamanca, are surprised to learn that more than 90% of the local workers make their living from the technology sector
The long road of El Cid: From plundering mercenary to Francoist legend
The historian Nora Berend rememorates the construction of the myth of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar from the Middle Ages to the present
More than a month without her daughter: the legal deadlock of an immigrant mother in Madrid
Catalina Delgado’s daughter was placed in a juvenile detention center when police discovered that she had been left alone while her mother went to work. She now faces a child abandonment case and a possible sentence of three years in jail
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