To many, Catalonia conjures images of Barcelona ... a Unesco World Heritage recognized event in which performers form human towers up to ten people high by interlocking hands and shoulders.

"Be as a tower, that, firmly set," the ghost of Virgil advises Dante as the pair navigates the Inferno of the Divine Comedy, "shakes not its top for any blast that blows!" Few human towers more ...

Unsurprisingly, the city’s main festivals are also a little unusual; visit in September for La Merce to see performances throughout the city and the region’s famous ‘human towers’.

Next, the castellers (human towers) from Sant Feliu de Llobregat and Molins de Rei captivated the crowd with an impressive display, performed to music and in an exceptional atmosphere. The FC ...

In front of a crowd of thousands, Catalans of all ages team up to construct complex human towers, or ‘castells’, a powerful display of regional identity and unity – and fun.

One can see the shakes and trembles in their gravity-defying human towers, flying buttresses, tall tree branches and mountainous crags. The silk, rope and pole gymnastics are amazing, but the ...