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Catalonia surrenders to the total eclipse: “You can see it, mum”

Miles de personas salen a la calle para ver el fenómeno astronómico en una jornada en la que no faltaron los problemas de movilidad: incidencias en Renfe y colapsos en las carreteras

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Hundreds of people gathered on Wednesday afternoon at Montjuïc Castle in Barcelona, but instead of looking at the city, all their eyes were directed towards the sky in a westerly direction to observe how the moon gradually overlapped, until it almost completely covered, the Sun. Shortly before eight o'clock in the evening, Nina, a seven-year-old girl who was protecting herself with special glasses, said out loud, excitedly: “You can see it, Mom.”

Both at Montjuïc and at other points in the city, such as the Carmel bunkers, people accumulated to see the astronomical phenomenon.

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