Catalonia National Day marked in Barcelona

01/16

Caption

People of Catalan come out with National flags of the Northern region of Spain, for independence. Marches and demonstrations were held to disassociate the state from Spain.

02/16

Caption

People of Catalan come out with National flags of the Northern region of Spain, for independence. Marches and demonstrations were held to disassociate the state from Spain.

03/16

Caption

People of Catalan come out with National flags of the Northern region of Spain, for independence. Marches and demonstrations were held to disassociate the state from Spain.

04/16

Caption

People of Catalan come out with National flags of the Northern region of Spain, for independence. Marches and demonstrations were held to disassociate the state from Spain.

05/16

Caption

People of Catalan come out with National flags of the Northern region of Spain, for independence. Marches and demonstrations were held to disassociate the state from Spain.

06/16

Caption

People of Catalan come out with National flags of the Northern region of Spain, for independence. Marches and demonstrations were held to disassociate the state from Spain.

07/16

Caption

People of Catalan come out with National flags of the Northern region of Spain, for independence. Marches and demonstrations were held to disassociate the state from Spain.

08/16

Caption

People of Catalan come out with National flags of the Northern region of Spain, for independence. Marches and demonstrations were held to disassociate the state from Spain.

09/16

Caption

People of Catalan come out with National flags of the Northern region of Spain, for independence. Marches and demonstrations were held to disassociate the state from Spain.

10/16

Caption

People of Catalan come out with National flags of the Northern region of Spain, for independence. Marches and demonstrations were held to disassociate the state from Spain.

11/16

Caption

People of Catalan come out with National flags of the Northern region of Spain, for independence. Marches and demonstrations were held to disassociate the state from Spain. A man with a 'I'm a Catalan' t-shirt during the march.

12/16

Caption

People of Catalan come out with National flags of the Northern region of Spain, for independence. Marches and demonstrations were held to disassociate the state from Spain.

13/16

Caption

People of Catalan come out with National flags of the Northern region of Spain, for independence. Marches and demonstrations were held to disassociate the state from Spain.

14/16

Caption

People of Catalan come out with National flags of the Northern region of Spain, for independence. Marches and demonstrations were held to disassociate the state from Spain.

15/16

Caption

People of Catalan come out with National flags of the Northern region of Spain, for independence. Marches and demonstrations were held to disassociate the state from Spain.

16/16

Caption

Catalan policeman asking for a Catalonya Freedom. People of Catalan come out with National flags of the Northern region of Spain, for independence. Marches and demonstrations were held to disassociate the state from Spain.

Report current story

More than a thousand people have taken to the streets in support of independence on the National Day of Catalonia. Catalonia's National Day, the Diada Nacional is held every September 11 to remember the defeat of the Catalan troops in 1714.

Submitted by

Lino De Vallier

Barcelona, Spain, Europe

+ More stories from Lino De Vallier

Comments

Join the conversation Login

Hey Lino, please can you add

Submitted by Stephen Sidlo on Tue, 11/09/2012 - 15:04.

Hey Lino, please can you add individual captions to your content please in future, then we can get it to clients quicker. Your story took a long time before we sent it out. We also didn't know who any of the speakers were! Thanks.

___________________
Stephen Sidlo - Head Publisher

Twitter: @demotix and @stephensidlo; Skype: stephen.sidlo

HELP: http://www.demotix.com/publishing-faq - FAQ

Demotix Training: http://www.demotix.com/training