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The Plaza de Toros Monumental de Barcelona Something else from the archive! The outside (stolen from the internet) History (Shamelessly taken from Wikipedia) The Plaza de Toros Monumental de Barcelona, often known simply as La Monumental is a bullring in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia...

I left the family to cook in the afternoon heat as I retraced my previous days driving to a dropped pin on Google maps. I saw this place as I drove past and waited for the sun to ease before going over the top. AFAIK There is nothing online relating this place or the location, although I will be...

Hi! This is my first post on the forum, and I thought I’d share something from my own country as I have never seen this place reported anywhere, The history of this place is a bit sketchy—it had several different owners before it was eventually shut down. Rumor has it that the closure was due to...

This is a historic theater with a rich cultural legacy. Constructed in 1920, it officially opened its doors in 1923, serving as a venue for theater performances, cinema screenings, and social events such as dances. The theater quickly became a central hub for the town’s cultural and social life...

Another little gem literally within 5 walking minutes from home! This report is a continuation from this previous one: Civil War Coastal Defence Bunkers - Spain (November 2022) | European and International Sites Every morning when I walk my dog, I pass by this sight: I kept wondering if...

I've just recently moved to a new city with new exploring possibilites all around, so to get familiar with my new surroundings, one warm (too warm!) winter morning I headed to Can Palomeres, a hill dotted with mines aaall around. The views from up there are quite nice...Seaside and mines, what...

Just next to the sea, in an unsuspecting resort town there's the remains of one of the most important iron mining operations in Catalonia. The 'Mines de Can Palomeres' were exploited irregularly since the late 1860's, but at the turn of the century an English company took hold of the place to...

I've been out of the game for a few months due to my exploring partner having had a surgery, but now that he's good again... back at it! The one who's not doing so well is my camera, which took a fall inside a mine and has never been the same, so some shots might be a bit out of focus. Can't...

The power plant was built in the 1950s. It operated until the first half of the 1980s, when a larger and more modern plant was built. After 40 years of turning off the turbines, birds have settled here. Nothing has changed inside over the last few years, but it's probably going to change soon...

I don't even know how to start this report, I'm still shaking from the adrenaline...but here it goes, maybe let's get the historical facts out of the way first! In the late XVIth century the Order of the Capuchin Monks established a humble monastery on top a hill, in the outskirts of a border...

This might end up being a long one because of both the very eventful history of the place and the explore itself... I hope you like reading. There's an area near the border with France where there are some abandoned talc mines. This one, officially called the Canta Mine, started in 1868 as a...

(This report is a re-post from the ones that got lost a few weeks back) Ah, poor little 'local industry'... Northern Spain is dotted with towns that saw their growth or even birth thanks to an invention that became of widespread use at the turn of the 20th century: hydroelectric power. Over the...

Every summer the resilient population of the Costa Brava prepares for an incoming invasion. Who's gonna be first to conquer these beaches: the sun-burnt Germans, the drunken Brits, the posh Russians? Almost 90 years ago, as the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) was raging on, the fear of invasion...

Another local place ticked off the list, this one wasn't that interesting but it's such a rarity that we had to go and see it! So in 1983 someone thought it would be a good idea to build a water park in the middle of a field so people from the countryside wouldn't have to go to the beach... Of...

On the northern edge of my town there's an industrial complex dedicated to making paper since the 40's. While there are modern facilites still running, the original factory lays derelict. Internet says it opened in 1941 and closed in 1983. In 1986, an investment group from Kuwait re-opened the...