sent from catalonia says big banks in catalonia i get the feeling our two countries are going to be close friends in the coming years i do hope so then our first two programs on catalonia we look at the politics and the economics of the constitutional battle being fought with spain today show goes deeper into catalan people and culture as alex attempts to answer the question of what is catalonia and who better to answer on the coach of catalonia the leading poet i knew better to know what the people are saying than one of the key horse in cattle in years top radio station so by to alex in barcelona where better to start this exploration of prattle on national identity them to interview the top poet the catalogue i spoke to from possibly source. francis welcome. thank you very much you've seen by many one of the widest as the leader of what's often called the generation of catalan poets what provoked such an upsurge in the catalan poetry and four of your generation. i think you know people born in the forty's and fifty's by the time we were able to decide what we wanted to do we had two wa

catalonia i won the same for for the spanish people and now freedom in the very. means republic so. i hope that soon republic of catalonia and the republic of spain should meet together a flattering on the need and i think that this is the best future for all of us well i can't determine the future mr president but what i can do is offer you something to toast and they know it very well this is a quick scots gallic for a loving cup you know the drill. only scotch whiskey nothing else will do. all the citizens of cattle think you are thinking you know it's like as if it's the result thank you. of course political opinion is divided in cattle.

that move i don't know where you'll be tossed in catalonia in near future i hope it success but whenyou do then please use the quick you know the drill whisky in the quick passage your close friends and frank you so much for appearing in the exam which are. very much in mind frankly coming up on next week's show we asked essential question of what is catalonia one thing is for certain there's more to it than f.c. barcelona is it a geographical construct on a spin on an ancient european nation and are its politics a problem or an opportunity in this troubled europe we ask the people who should help us in this quest the poets a journalist and academics to answer the question of what is catalonia one of the best from the walls of the immediate post-war period was the third man starting orson welles and then not from austin wells who is a really nasty piece of work makes the point that in the blood for the rule of the balls as an italy it produced michelangelo leonardo da vinci and the remember songs meanwhile five hundred years of peace and stability in switzerland produced a crooked cl

inclusive of all people in catalonia i used to say same freedom that they won for catalonia i wonder same for for the spanish people and now freedom in the very. means republic so. i hope that soon republic of catalonia and the republic of spain should meet together a flattering on the. thing that this is the best future for all of us. well i can't determine the future mr president but what i can do is offer you something to toast i know they know it very well this is a quick scots gallic for a loving cup you know that real whiskey only scotch whiskey nothing else will do. and then road all the citizens of cattle will think you are thinking you know i'd like you for that if there was this one thank you. of course political opinion is divided and cattle are coming up after the break i'll be interviewing the cattle etc i campaigned against independence i'm leader of the cattle i have socialists i'll be in a few mchale and other on this dramatic political stage. both . of us. last time we chased. each one of them carrying twenty philos of drugs. first offense to. believe that they just

professor explaining catalonia the feelings of people in catalonia you know as the independence supporters go and have the cattle and feelings of identity as a nation increased you're right that the sentiment for independence has grown ten years ago it was only about let's say fifteen percent of the population that would be favor of voting for a separate country or a nation and now it's close to fifty percent i don't think that national identity has changed that much it has become stronger and especially the support for these more radical solution has grown catalans always felt a nation or at least seemed to modern politics but they always thought that it would be possible to leave as a set of nations within a spain and that was i think the project that took place in the nineteenth century most of the twentieth century are trying to reform in spain to engage in spain to get political autonomy and the independence group was basically a minority and that is what has changed the the way to solve the conflict and hosts the support for the prime the so even the feelings of catalan national at t

setting of the general the thoughts of catalonia. for his strategy of how to achieve his dream of a cataloging republic. thank you very much thank you. president clinton i'm delighted to welcome you to the examen show well thank you very much pleasure to be with you here in this palace that the government of catalonia where you were elected president you are the fourth candidate to be put forward in the parliament you were elected by a plurality of one single vote exactly and you yourself have said in your opinion president bush along is still the legitimate president of catholic under these circumstances is it difficult to exam. presidential authority i think that what this a normal with this is exceptional now in catalonia is our political situation you know there are political political prisoners in jail in a spain democritus political is that they only wanted to let that vote and i mean there are people in exile as well and there are thousands and thousands of catalans being persecuted investigated by the spanish police into that

as democratically elected politicians the entire history is chronicled in catalonia reborn how catalonia took on the corrupt spanish state and the legacy of franco by george caravan and chris bambery chris joins me now chris welcome to going underground how is it that catalonia is in a sense the story of europe as we know it today i think it's a story old the european union is. last october you remember when they tried to hold a referendum which the party. catherine popularized in catalonia on independence from spain the spanish government sent in paramilitary police to break up a french attacked police stations to seize ballot boxes to attack voters and there was this complete silence from the european union about what was happening and i think since then there's going to gradual realization that really for the small nations of the regions of the europe the european union doesn't really work and it doesn't really work it's run by the big states and then run essentially by germany and germany and france to the extent of worried about what would happen if catalonia broke free again self-d

catalonia i wonder same for for the spanish people and now freedom in the very. means republic so. i hope that soon republic of catalonia and the republic of spain should meet together a fact having on the. thing that this is the best future for all of us well i can't determine the future mr president but what i can do is offer you something to talk they know it very well this is a quick. for a loving cup you know the drill. only scotch whiskey not. always citizens of cattle we think you are thinking you know i'd like you for that it's the reason i want to thank you. of course political opinion is divided in catalunya coming up after the break i'll be interviewing mikhail etc i campaigned against independence and leader of the cattle out of socialist albion few mchale and of those on this dramatic political stage. and indeed this is the. church secret indeed catholic priests accused of sexually abusing children can get away with it literally i like to call this the geographic solution so what the bishop needs to do then he finds out that the priest is is a perpet

presidential authority i think that what is a normal with this is exceptional now in catalonia is our political situation you know there are political political prisoners in jail in a spain democritus political is that they only wanted to let the cattle and vote and i mean preaching now there are people in exile as well and there are thousands and thousands of catalans being persecuted investigated by the spanish bodies into that so we are we are living in a very let's say critical moment critical political more in in catalonia and i think that is the point and the symbol you will bring your lapel which we see all road in catalonia is this the symbol of those who build imprison the castle the politicians and campaign yes exactly this is the yellow ribbon that we wear this is the situation for demanding the freedom for our colleagues that are in region and demanding coming back because. the money coming back the democracy in and the free of expression in catalonia as well the person you see you've come into the the office of exceptional and exceptionally difficult circumstances what is

catalonia will not be able to be their pensions. that in the statement and then you say because the state does have all the pensions cut alone you would lose it how think think about yourself you think you are the only imagine that i. hold my morning in the bank if i become independent of all the money that they have been saving over time in order to pay for my retirement so we are going to lose it all or you tell that to people and people will become what it about. but this is a lie. because pensions are not paid by farms that were collected in the past and now are put into investment and so on the pensions that they are being paid today. i based on the taxes that are being collected today for the pensions of my parents receive basically are based on the taxes on myself. if the one year becomes independent the waters will remain in that the lani are and they will pay the taxes and in fact we made a very simple calculation we said the same for each cattle and that is contributing how much would the pensions be separate systems and w

after which is obvious which as a member of would be a better place for catalonia to be if it doesn't have the best benefit which is making decisions because you accept whatever their your other members of the rules that all the members decide but you still have access to the market you still have access to a world without borders you have some some of the benefits you still have to pay and used but you still have to accept the rules the problem is that the rules you don't decide. the rule of academics in the in the constitutional debate in catalonia i mean you were part of an academic grouping what was the role of economists and political scientists and and other academics what did they contribute substantially to the b. to the ongoing debate we created a group of economists call that wilson group. that was mainly. for my school age students. or students of students but it was not a group throwing the pendants he was a group. because that because some of the economies in that group are not growing dependence they don't support the bends but he was a group of pro-choice about the righ

as democratically elected politicians the entire history is chronicled in catalonia reborn how cataloniatook on the corrupt spanish state and the legacy of franco by george caravan and chris bambery chris joins me now chris welcome do going underground here often how is it that catalonia is in a sense the story of europe as we know it today i think it's a story of what the european union is. last october you remember when they tried to hold a referendum which the pan the catalan popularized in catalonia on independence from spain the spanish government sent in paramilitary police to break up a fresh attack police stations to seize ballot boxes to attack voters and there was a complete silence from the european union about what was happening and i think since then there's going to gradual realization that really for the small nations of the regions of the europe the european union doesn't really work and it doesn't really work it's run by the big states and then run essentially by germany and germany and france to the extent of worried about what would happen if catalonia broke free again

the same freedom that they won for catalonia i wonder same for for the spanish people and now freedom in the very. means republic so. i hope that soon republic of catalonia and the republic of spain should meet together at having on the and i think that this is the best future for all of us well i can't determine the future mr president but what i can do is offer you something to talk they know it very well this is a quick. for a loving cup you know the drill. only scotch whisky nothing else will do. and then road all the citizens of cattle would think you were thinking you know what it's like as if it was the sun one thank you. of course political opinion is divided in cattle coming up after the break i'll be entering the kill etc i campaign against independence and leader of the cattle of socialist i'll be in few mchale and other key actors on this dramatic political stage. first. of all those. jewish laws don't google so document on the first take. how much cost them. the student eleven if. the person. was. eight to eighty two there were only it to last digit does. something she wa

and who better to answer on the culture of catalonia the leading poet i knew better to know what the people are saying than one of the key horse in cattle in years top radio station so by to alex in barcelona where better to start this exploration of prattle on national identity them to interview the top poet catalog i spoke to forbes parcel the source. francis welcome. thank you very much you've seen by many one of the widest as the leader of what's often called the generation of catalan poets what provoked such as. the catalan poets of your generation i think you know people born in the forty's and fifty's by the time we were able to decide what we wanted to do we had two ways in front of us as far as writing goes we could choose to write in got on them or we could choose to write in the spanish we had been brought up in the spanish under the franco for him for all of us within the have television with him at radio within that newspapers very few books from me fifty's on which then if you decide to write i think what you look at is what you know and what you know is what you have s

dependence activists in spain's restive catalonia region removed symbols of support for jailed opposition politicians. and the nobel committee says the prime minister should keep the peace prize despite a un report on the mass killing of the country's range of minority. last day of august it's eight am here in moscow money welcome to world news from marty international in sweden first where a parliamentary candidates claimed he was attacked by a migrant at an alternative sweden party rally in a town in the west of the country attentions fled across the country during campaigning for a general election that seen a surge in support for euro skeptic right wing parties with more details. we've gotten used to pictures of shootings and car burnings from sweden called vulnerable neighborhoods but the upcoming swedish elections has brought violence to an every day street. a member of the rightwing elton's of for sweden party was attacked at a meeting with voters one of my colleagues from alternative for sweden being attacked by an immigrant youth who attended a meeting him with dreamy and shoutin

catalonia dialogue platform after your paris meeting perhaps it will meet in london next. yes we were last week in the summit action out of. the french founder and the lead it was successful in the sense that we could explain to some friends and b.s. the current situation in iran here also and of our platform from the from the european parliament we were very interested in change of the us and work at. dr. beach from different political affiliations to look at this and that's precisely what we want to do on this date at the exchange of views and information with and based what about professor clare up on sat is it understandable that there are fears in scotland in britain now that scottish prosecutors have been given the go ahead on behalf of spain to begin extradition proceedings on the allegations a violent rebellion. we dress the sort this out and to do so he. already see how the belgian should use it he discovered it or use a location of this turkey just on sedition reveal a misuse of public funds to go away to the station in in germany i'm sounding this which someone

as the symbol of support for jailed a political opposition politicians in the spanish region of catalonia have been removed overnight by anti independence activists in the city of drona. eighty people wearing white suits and masks gathered up the ribbons into rubber sacks the group called themselves brigades to clean yellow ribbons and to free catalonia a spokesperson told us they wanted to show the public spaces should stay neutral. when the white suit is our way of putting forward our demands we put on the suits to draw attention we also consider it to be a form of protest first of all we went there to get rid of those yellow ribbons and to deliver the message that public places are neutral that they should be neutral our opponents should respect public places everything depends on the camp you belong to we believe that their freedom of speech ends where ours begins it's that simple members of the right wing pro unionist citizens party in catalonia joined in as well with its president albert riviera and of moving ribbons tied to roadside fences. enough bubbling places belong to all cata

this reaction of the institutions to war or what happened and what's going on in catalonia one of the reasons is that there are utopian you know. it's still too much based on the bow or. of national states and in that context still national interests. are important to a lot of national states then to defend themselves even if it implies. a blind eye where elations on the many ways for you and you want president you to take more power over that's the answer to the jailing of democratically elected politicians is the nation state of the robot then you are no i want i want another more democratic europe a well tool to be very strong for the yet the strongly against governments regulates bases on the member of the regs jordi thought i thank you. all that said for one of your favorite shows from this season will continue to share your favorite episodes until we're back for season one wins in the fifth of september don't come to us by social media so you see. you know my point i wanted to. get. your. boss because. any. honest. showing us you know if i was you know. you know just i mean my b

and indeed scotland in the european union poli says catalonia is testament to the vicious thuggery of the e.u. at absolute proof scotland will never be given membership spin as an eager member if it had broken the fundamental principles of the e.u. presumably the e.u. would have said so and finally joe says enjoy your guest in catalonia be interesting to hear their opinions my feelings are running high in the ongoing real debate here's a selection of reaction outside euston station but a representative sample of course but it's still much suppose i mean certainly if one hundred sixty you. can get very good value but it doesn't really seem like the way to run a patrol so. it's infrastructure. it really should be that it meets your collective it she should. ideally be the prices if you know the. chairperson who gave that quicksilver to their part of the place but when travelling europe and she was worried for longer distance the cherry tree the trees approach quite bad with the good the economy the culture that's what we need to do that and it got the noble cause you haven't got that ma

and indeed scotland in the european union pollie says catalonia is testament to the vicious thuggery of the e.u. absolute proof scotland will never be given membership spain is an easy member if it had broken the fundamental principles of the e.u. presumably the e.u. would have said so and finally joel says enjoy your guess from catalonia been interesting to hear their opinions my feelings are running high in the ongoing real debate here's a selection of reaction outside euston station but a representative sample of course but it's still much suppose i mean certainly if one hundred sixty you. know you're very good right but it doesn't really seem like we're trying to run a truck. if it's in the street. it really should be going to be to call it tribute she should be. doing everything right.

and indeed scotland in the european union pollie says catalonia is testament to the vicious thuggery of the e.u. at absolute proof scotland will never be given membership spain as an easy member if it had broken the fundamental principles of the e.u. presumably the e.u. would have said so and finally joel says enjoy your gas from catalonia be interesting to hear their opinions my feelings are running high in the ongoing real debate here's a selection of reaction outside euston station but a representative sample of course but it's still much suppose i mean certainly if one hundred sixty you. can get very good value but it doesn't really seem like the way to run a truck. it's infrastructure. it really should be that it be to collectively she should. have to be the prices if you know the. chairperson who gave that quicksilver to their party the vice president of iraq and she was worried for longer distance that should change the truth about quite bad with the good the economy the culture that's what we need to add that the north of course you haven't got that many political for the mom

sent from catalonia says big banks in catalonia i get the feeling our two countries are going to be close friends in the coming years i do hope they are first two programs on catalonia we looked at the.

in catalonia, it is hard to avoid politics. the king, attending the memorial, has criticized cap -- catalonia's bid for independence in the past. there was also division on the streets as separatists protest of the king's presence. the focus today is on a grieving. >> italy is morning the victims of the general bridge disaster which killed almost 38 people. the president and prime minister will attttend the state funeral tomorrow. funeral was held today near naples for four friends in her 20's who died as they drove to vacation in france and spain. their families did not want to take part in the ceremony. italy's transport minister has opened an investigation into the bridge collapsed. that might not be enough to placate an angry public area. >> rescuers tell us they will not give up the search until they are convinced that all the missing have been found. hope for finding survivors is now all but lost area one of the things that has struck me is how no one was surprised that something like this could happen. one man said he wa

it seems that tensions between catalonia and the dread have taken on a new flavor. chef has been made to apologize for names of dishes which some offend the spanish government. pages are the worst from the. thousands of negative reviews. the chef himself insists it's all the big misunderstanding and that the names are typical cool an area expressions in the region tension between catalonia and madrid have been running high since independence referendum in october last year when nineteen per cent of voters back to session from spain the spanish government still refuses to recognize the legality of the vote something that's led to violent protests around catalonia. thanks for joining us here and sharing your time with us at r.t. international more of your top well by the headlines in about twenty five minutes. now that i'm going to get out how i found out that i'm not out of the budget that i'm not out of the money out of the money that they're letting him. this was a good time to. try to move there i'm. not allowed to get my money not why not check jam there again wh

king philippe the sixth of spain attending the memorial history to sized catalonia spit for independence in the past and has loose support in the region. there was also division on the streets as cuts alone separatists protested the king's presence. the focus today however is on creating. i have more news for you at the top of the alex fear that. the people of the world over information. they want to express d.w. on facebook and twitter up to date and in touch follow us. on.

economy that's not that's not good would for us it isn't twenty five percent of exports come from catalonia we have only sixteen percent of the population so we

yellow ribbons used as a symbol of support for jail politicians in spain's catalonia have been stripped down overnight in the city of durham a video broadcast across spanish t.v. showed groups of separatists dressed head to toe in white boiler suits and masks taking down ribbons across three towns a spokesperson for them stressed their aim is to keep public spaces neutral. when i was in the south the white suit is our way of putting forward our demands we put on the suits to draw attention we also consider it to be a form of protest first of all we went there to get rid of those. yellow ribbons and to deliver the message that public places are neutral that they should be neutral our opponents should respect the public places everything depends on the camp you belong to we believe that their freedom of speech ends where ours begins it's that simple that one members from a pro unionist group also joined in across catalonia with its leader a high profile activist out in front of cameras moving the ribbons. enough public places belong to old catalonians who will defend them. today in atlant

as city hall had said ahead of the memorial that it wanted to avoid political controversy but in catalonia it's hard to avoid politics . king felipa the sixth of spain attending the memorial is trisha sized to looniest but for independence in the past and has loose support in the region. there was also division on the streets as cuts alone separatists protest at the king. since president's. focus today however is on creating. to some of the other stories making news around the world pakistan's parliament has elected former cricket starts politician a man come as the country's new prime minister will be sworn in tomorrow his p.t.i. party is the biggest in parliament though it failed to win an absolute majority in pakistan's general election last month. officials in gaza say israeli gunfire has killed at least two palestinians and wounded dozens of the border with israel the violence erupted when protesters approached border fences the militant a hamas group has been leading weekly demonstrations to try to break israel's blockade of gaza. in jerusalem israeli police shot dead on the israeli

will continue to defend the streets beaches and squares of catalonia in response there's been a move by pro independence supporters to go around and put the ribbons back up they say the symbol is misunderstood and those removing them are restricting democracy and freedom cattle and politicians were arrested for their role and an independence referendum last october which was ruled illegal by madrid the leaders of the movement were accused of rebellion and sedition the referendum sparked mass protests and clashes between demonstrators and police. that's a global news update for now but don't forget you can always find us on many of your favorite social media sites for up to the minute reports thanks for tuning in . they gave us national camera. roughly once they showed some loose leaf for them. to own cool videos and someone with a broken string of hats. going down more on string i don't roughly don't t.v. . a parting of ways european leaders talk of a future without the us what is in store for the transatlantic alliance and much much more on the suspicion of frost. pranking gave amer

spain is marking a grim anniversary a day of terror that left the region of catalonia on edge a year ago today a terrorist drove a van into pedestrians on barcelona's la rambla witnesses say he zig zags down the busy street trying to hit as many people as possible hours later another member of the same extremist a terrorist cell this time in a car that sped towards a crowd in a small a seaside town south of barcelona the islamic state militant group said it carried out the attacks spanish authorities dismantle the cell killing or arresting its members sixteen people died in the terror attacks and more than one hundred were injured. survivors and families of the victims of last year's terror attack on the rambla pass alone or remember those who lost their lives. it's still difficult. and for the families of the victims hard to accept. it was very hard especially at first to not think if they had just spent another minute at lunch or if he had been standing two feet over from where he was or if their plans had been different or they had all gone to the beach instead of walking on the s

citizens part in catalonia joined in two with the president but revere of removing ribbons tied the roadside fences enough public places belong to all catalonians who will defend them every day me today in their lone removed yellow ribbons from public spaces were continued to defend the streets beaches and squares of catalonia meantime pro independence activists have been busy putting the ribbons back they say they represent democracy and those who remove them restricting the freedom of secession supporters cattle and politicians were arrested for their role in independence referendum last october which was so will the legal by the leaders of the movement recuse of rebellion insufficient referendum spark mass protests and clashes between demonstrators and police. international implement the president has admitted that the war on doping in sport might never be won but thomas park has come under fire for his comment especially from america's anti-doping agency which claims back is simply given up. takes a look at what this could mean for a russian athlete. while the world of sports continues i

yellow ribbons used as a symbol of support for jailed politicians and spain's catalonia have been stripped down overnight in the city of to run a video broadcast across spanish t.v. show groups of separatists dressed head to toe in white boiler suits and masks taking down ribbons across three towns a spokesperson for them stressed their aim is to keep public spaces neutral. when the white suit is our way of putting forward our demands we put on the suits to draw attention we also consider it to be a form of protest first of all we went there to get rid of those yellow ribbons and to deliver the message that public places are neutral that they should be neutral our opponents should respect public places everything depends on the camp you belong to we believe that their freedom of speech ends where ours begins it's that simple that one members from a pro unionist group also joined in across catalonia with its leader of high profile activists out in front of cameras removing the ribbons. enough public places belong to all catalonians defend them every day. today a move to yellow ribbons from

and indeed scotland in the european union pollie says catalonia is testament to the vicious thuggery of the e.u. at absolute truth scotland will never be given membership spain is an easy member if it had broken the fundamental principles of the e.u. presumably that he would have said so and finally joel says enjoy your guests in catalonia be interesting to hear their opinions my feelings are running high in the ongoing vo to beat his a selection of reaction outside euston station but a representative sample of course but is still much suppose i mean certainly if one has a child support here. you can get very good value but it doesn't really seem like he would choose to run a patrol. leader it's infrastructure i know it really should be can it be to collectively should you have to release the prices if you know the. chairperson who gave that quicksilver to their party to face but really travelling europe and see this way for a longer distance the cherry tree the trees are quite quite bad with the good the economy the country that's what we need to do and not the north of course you h

king felipe or the six of spain attending the memorial historicist sized catalonia spit for independence in the past and has loose support in the region. there was also division on the streets as cuts on separatists protest at the king's presence. the focus today however this on preventing. let's get more on this from rick no accuracy foreign affairs reporter for the washington post he covers the europe and international security issues welcome to day doubly a spanish police any closer to identifying what you might call that the mastermind behind the bosler attack you know the mastermind has not been identified yet. do police and the authorities to have an idea of who he is where he might be but the problem is that he appears to be moving around and that already indicated some of the challenges our european authorities are facing when it comes to solving terrorism investigations and other looking in and europe or further afield for that are looking in europe but the problem is that this person is moving around and the problem is that when it's very hard to track down and so is that is th

and it seems that tensions between catalonia and madrid have taken on a new flavor a catalan chef has been made to apologize for names of dishes which some argue offend the spanish government. got those. pages reversed from the. thousands of negative reviews email was hacked also the restaurant's website especially first and phone numbers would change. as the chef himself insists it's all a big misunderstanding and that the names are typical colon area expressions in the region all the tensions between catalonia and madrid have been running high since the capital on independence referendum in october last year when ninety percent of voters by a session from spain the spanish government still refuses to recognize the legality of the vote is something that's led to violent protests and around a loud. talking program and half an hour. uhm. not enough it would sleep through it. it was alive all's from some of you. i came back to the community. people we all be astounded you know the road lookouts me oh look out is all bible going towards him. by. the right. says. she's going to. receive m

tweets and e-mails first from scott who says independence day last year of course of writing to catalonia being there as i was really did make me think about politics democracy and identity how it arrives and is quickly removed. food for thought indeed i'm jealous says fantastic interview keep up the good work thank you angela we hope to and then from john what she says looks to be a very interesting interview and that was before present to us into it was broadcast to john please do let us know if you enjoy it now you remember a couple of weeks ago alex also interviewed ten macleish and went to a few of the tweets you deceived and a sponsor to that len finlayson says great interview with kenny mcleish rhys mowbray did more than a chaperon if you came to scotland to see well i'm not so sure maybe get someone you're sure alex or maybe well susan says these dialogues are fit for the saw a fantastic henry i would be drawn mcleish and salmon to chew over you keep politics past and present thank you susan and finally from bro and i who says henry mcleish excellent discussion with alex salmond o

gowdy had long since become a national hero in catalonia the government wanted to bury him in the cryptof his then unfinished church with the pope's consent goudie was laid to rest in the cathedral to which he had devoted the last forty three years of his working life. gandhi and his work are inseparable from barcelona is how life was spent within the city boundaries he studied there lived there and what's more developed his unique form of architecture than. almost all his buildings out to be found within the catalan capital and can easily be visited in one afternoon. for the last two decades of his life guardian lived in this park the park well one of his masterpieces here he was able to put all his imagination into architecture for the first time. nature was his source of inspiration he wanted to penetrate her mysteries and capture her force and in a strength his viaducts of costly hewn stone with slanting supports could be the work of nature herself. pillars rising out of the earth and reaching up towards the roof like tree trunks with stone bark a clump of trees supporting a vault i