Emotions were high as the heart-pounding tradition of building human towers made a return to Tarragona, Spain, where thousands of spellbound spectators gathered for the city's biennial competition.

TARRAGONA, Spain (AP) — Dozens of people squeeze together, pressing as tight as they can get. The stronger the foundation they build, the less likely their human tower will collapse. As children and ...

In Barcelona, the Catalonian cultural tradition of human towers, or Castells, is a source of strength and community. ANITA LI: Imagine you walk into a Catalonian plaza, and you see a guy climbing onto ...

The town of Valls in Catalonia on Sunday hosted its first traditional “castell” – or human tower – event without crowd limits or other virus measures since the start of the pandemic. The spectacle – ...

They are the soaring human towers that have become the pride of Catalonia over hundreds of years of carefully honed tradition. Hundreds of people compete in the region every year to create the highest ...

As we set out on our walk, the Mediterranean sun shines down through the tall buildings that line the streets of the Eixample. This district in Barcelona is laid out in a precise grid pattern of wide ...