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Concha Pérez Collado
Concha Pérez Collado (17 October 1915 Barcelona – 17 April 2014 Barcelona) was a Spanish anarchist involved with the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo, CNT, and later the Confederacion General del Trabajo de España, CGT. Involved with anarchist activities by the age of 17, she was part of an armed group ready to take on nationalist forces when the Spanish Civil War started in July 1936. She saw action in Barcelona and Aragon, before eventually moving to a French refugee camp where she gave birth to her only son. Pérez Collado returned to France around 1942, where she lost and then regained custody of her son. Pérez Collado also reconnected with Maurici Palau, and the couple opened a jewelry and underwear shop which hosted anarchist meetings. Following the death of Francisco Franco, she became more openly involved in local organizing events and continued her anarchist activities. Pérez Collado died on 17 April 2014, in Barcelona, one of the last of her generation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Corts (district)
Les Corts () is one of the ten districts of the city of Barcelona in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia. It was a free territory tied to the crown, and became the autonomous municipality of Les Corts de Sarrià in 1836. In 1897, it was added to Barcelona, and was marked as district number four in the current demarcation in 1984. Extending over a land area of , it is the third smallest district in Barcelona after Ciutat Vella and Gràcia. It is located in the western part of the city, bordered by the districts of Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, Eixample, and Sants-Montjuïc, and the municipalities of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and Esplugues de Llobregat in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona. It had a population of 81,577 inhabitants in 2021, making it the least populous district of the city. Etymology The name is derived from Latin word ''cohors'' or ''cohortes'' (meaning "rural houses"), as a reference to the local Roman villas and masies which stood there before the ur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |