The tradition of building the tallest human towers has returned to the Spanish city of Tarragona in a spectacular biennial competition, drawing thousands of awed spectators. Remarkable pictures show ...

The roar of a crowd of thousands in downtown Barcelona falls to a whisper with the whine of a gralla, a Catalan reed instrument. Suddenly, three bodies are hoisted above the melee. They face each ...

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. The human towers are the ...

Thousands of people are seen clambering over each other to form gigantic human towers in these remarkable photographs from Spain. Teams of up to 500 men, women and children compete to build the ...