The event was conceived by Spanish artist Eugenio Ampudia who said he was inspired by nature during the pandemic.

A Calgary woman is thankful to be back home after being diagnosed with COVID-19 and living through a nationwide lockdown in Spain.

Spain currently has more than 47,500 confirmed cases of COVID-19, fourth behind China, Italy, and the U.S. In deaths, the country is second only to Italy.

A Winnipeg couple taking a lengthy vacation in Spain experienced that country's COVID-19 crisis first-hand, as they scrambled to get back home before everything shut down.

The flare-up in violence came after a week of tense calm without major incidents following six days when Catalonia was rocked by riots each night after the Oct. 14 Supreme Court verdict.

Rioters have burned hundreds of trash bins and hurled gasoline bombs, chunks of pavement, acid, and firecrackers, among other objects, at police.

More than 200 people have been injured and nearly 100 arrested since separatist sentiment surged on Monday.

The demonstrations began after Spain's Supreme Court sentenced nine politicians and activists who were behind Catalan's 2017 separatism movement up to 13 years in jail.

Video footage showed police using batons on some of the demonstrators.

The basilica’s first stone was laid in 1882, but Barcelona officials said there was no record showing a building permit first requested in 1885 ever was granted or rejected.