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 Valencia's Fallas festival wrapped up with fireworks and the burning of colourful sculptures on Sunday after returning to the eastern Spanish city following a pandemic-induced hiatus. https://www.thelocal.es/20210906/in-pictures-spains-fallas-festival-returns-after-pandemic-pause Mon, 06 Sep 2021 11:14:52 +0200 in-pictures-spains-fallas-festival-returns-after-pandemic-pause The smell of gunpowder still lingered in Madrid's Prado museum on Tuesday, just hours after China's Cai Guo-Qiang, famed for his explosive art, put the finishing touch to an exhibition inspired by Spain's greats. https://www.thelocal.es/20171025/inside-the-explosive-gunpowder-filled-work-of-the-prados-first-ever-artist-in-residence Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:41:27 +0200 inside-the-explosive-gunpowder-filled-work-of-the-prados-first-ever-artist-in-residence Valencia’s colourful, noisy and explosive annual celebration of Las Fallas has been inscribed on Unesco’s ‘intangible heritage’ list. https://www.thelocal.es/20161202/las-fallas-valencias-fire-festival-granted-unesco-heritage-status Fri, 02 Dec 2016 12:13:24 +0100 las-fallas-valencias-fire-festival-granted-unesco-heritage-status A controversial sculpture of former king Juan Carlos of Spain being sodomized has finally gone on display in Barcelona. https://www.thelocal.es/20150323/row-over-sodomize-sculpture-king-juan-carlos Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:59:13 +0100 row-over-sodomize-sculpture-king-juan-carlos This week will see the noisy finale of Las Fallas in Valencia when hundreds of satirical scupltures will go up in flames to celebrate the start of Spring. https://www.thelocal.es/20150317/las-fallas-red-hot-satire-at-explosive-fiesta Tue, 17 Mar 2015 09:43:19 +0100 las-fallas-red-hot-satire-at-explosive-fiesta Valencia celebrated the end of its annual Las Fallas festival on Wednesday night with the dramatic annual burning of the festival sculptures, known as La Cremà. https://www.thelocal.es/20140320/valencia-goes-up-in-flames-for-las-fallas Thu, 20 Mar 2014 14:01:00 +0100 valencia-goes-up-in-flames-for-las-fallas Out of all the impressive paper-maché statues built for this year's emblematic Fallas festival in Valencia, one stands out for its degree of political satire and wit. https://www.thelocal.es/20140317/pic-of-the-day-merkel-piggybacks-spains-pm Mon, 17 Mar 2014 12:54:51 +0100 pic-of-the-day-merkel-piggybacks-spains-pm