The freeway to the Catalan Republic gathered over a million Catalan pro-independence activists forming a giant human mosaic over 5.5 km long, right in the middle of the political campaign of the 2015 Catalan elections.

Yet again, a massive, quiet and peaceful rally stretched from the northern edge of the city of Barcelona to the gates of the Catalan Parliament along Meridiana avenue.

Pro independence coalitions and parties won a landslide majority in the elections held on September 27th and agreed on a roadmap to a binding independence referendum, due in September 2017

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