https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed An installation by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei portraying his experience in solitary detention in China will go on display at a cathedral in Spain later this month, organisers said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160715/spanish-cathedral-to-host-ai-weiwei-incarceration-exhibit Fri, 15 Jul 2016 10:51:32 +0200 spanish-cathedral-to-host-ai-weiwei-incarceration-exhibit A Spanish court on Wednesday remanded in custody five suspected members of an anarchist group who allegedly damaged bank machines and left a nail bomb at Madrid's main cathedral. https://www.thelocal.es/20150402/spanish-court-remands-in-custody-five-anarchists Thu, 02 Apr 2015 10:47:33 +0200 spanish-court-remands-in-custody-five-anarchists An electrician at the famous cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is in court charged with stealing a priceless 12th century Codex Calixtinus, the first guidebook for pilgrims undertaking the famous religious pilgrimage to the northern Spanish city. https://www.thelocal.es/20150119/on-trail-cathedral-thief-who-hid-codex-in-garage Mon, 19 Jan 2015 17:44:00 +0100 on-trail-cathedral-thief-who-hid-codex-in-garage Curators were forced to remove a precious cup from display in a church in Spain when crowds swarmed there after historians claimed it was the Holy Grail, staff said. https://www.thelocal.es/20140331/crowds-swamp-church-in-spain-after-holy-grail-claim-2 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:32:00 +0200 crowds-swamp-church-in-spain-after-holy-grail-claim-2 Spanish campaigners accuse the country's Catholic Church of trying to cover up the Islamic history of Cordoba Cathedral, a world heritage site that was originally a mosque. https://www.thelocal.es/20140313/church-slammed-over-spains-mosque-turned-cathedral Thu, 13 Mar 2014 10:52:00 +0100 church-slammed-over-spains-mosque-turned-cathedral