 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Barcelona yakarohwa kakawanda nekurwisa kwemhepo. Yakanyanya kuomesa yakatora mazuva matatu kutanga musi wa16 March 1938, pakakwirira peHondo yeVanhu veSpain. Mukutungamirirwa nomudzvinyiriri weItaly Benito Mussolini, ndege dzeItaly dzakanga dzakamiswa muMajorca dzakarova guta racho mabhomba ka13, dzichidonhedza matani 44 emabhomba akananga vanhuwo 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. 