In front of a crowd of thousands, Catalans of all ages team up to construct complex human towers, or ‘castells’, a powerful display of regional identity and unity – and fun. The human towers are the ...

When I arrived in Catalonia in 2012, the two things that struck me most were Catalan nationalism and human towers called castells. People were often talking about the global economic crisis ...

TARRAGONA, Spain (AP) — Associated Press photographer and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Emilio Morenatti, of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, has visited more than 50 countries in an acclaimed 30-year ...

They are the soaring human towers that have become the pride of Catalonia over hundreds of years of carefully honed tradition. Hundreds of people compete in the region every year to create the highest ...

TARRAGONA, Spain (AP) — Dozens of people squeeze together, pressing as tight as they can get. The stronger the foundation they build, the less likely their human tower will collapse. As children and ...

TARRAGONA, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Spain's biggest human towers competition took place on Sunday, with some 11,000 spectators packing the bullring in the northeastern city of Tarragona to watch the daring ...

A castell is more than a spectacle it’s a symbol of Catalan unity, strength, and endurance. For over 200 years, communities across Catalonia have gathered to build towering human structures, known as ...

Team members form a human tower during the Castells contest in Spain; a mass prayer is held for victims of a deadly stampede in Indonesia, protesting a femicide in Ecuador; a dramatic overnight effort ...