En Llamas !!link!! - Tarragona Paraiso

Elena looked at Mateo. His face was smeared with soot, his eyes wide and bright. He was smiling. He was in his element. He lived for this—the height, the danger, the trust required to stand in the fire and not get burned.

| Period | Event | Impact on Tarragona | |--------|-------|----------------------| | 1811 | French siege & assault | Massive destruction; city looted and burned. | | 1936–1939 | Spanish Civil War | Republican stronghold bombed by Nationalists and Italian/German air forces. | | 1938 | Battle of the Ebro (nearby) | One of the war’s bloodiest battles; refugees flooded Tarragona. | | Post-war | Francoist repression | Mass executions at the and local prisons. | tarragona paraiso en llamas

It was terrifying. It was beautiful.

Elena looked back at the city. The smoke was rising, curling up toward the stars like an offering. The Paraíso en Llamas was over, but the heat remained, settled deep in the bones of the city, and now, deep in hers. Elena looked at Mateo