 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Barcelona yakarwiswazve nehondo dzendege. Yakanyanya kuomesa yakatora mazuva matatu kutanga musi wa16 March 1938, pakakwirira peHondo yeVanhu veSpain. Pasi pokutungamirira kwomudzvinyiriri weItaly Benito Mussolini, ndege dzeItaly dzakanga dzakamiswa paMallorca dzakarwisa guta rachoKa13, achidonhedza matani 44 emabhomba akanangidzirwa pavanhuwo zvavo. Uku kurwisa kwakakumbirwa naGeneral Franco kutsiva vanhu veCatalan. Vanhu vanopfuura 1.000 vakafa, kusanganisira vana vakawanda, uye vanopfuura 2.000 vakakuvara. Kereke yeMedieval yeBarcelona yakabhombwawo, kunyange zvazvo isina kukuvadzwa zvikuru, uye zvimwe zvikamu zveBarri Gòtic nharaunda yeCathedral, kusanganisira mabhuroko anoverengeka pamberi pechechi, akakuvadzwa. 