Every new brown bear counted in the Pyrenees is a success for the conservation of the species. It is also a cause for concern for Catalan farmers. It is the largest carnivore living in the country and a protected species that was reintroduced in 1996. Since then, the population has continued to grow and, according to the latest data, there are already 54 established specimens in the Catalan Pyrenees. Its diet is mostly vegetarian, based on herbs, fruits, and roots, but they also eat meat. It is this occasional behavior that worries farmers in Pallars Sobirà, because bears sometimes attack their flocks.

A lock of blond hair from Jaume I, kept in the Palau de la Música Catalana. The dramatic transformation of Plaça Sant Agustí in the Raval district when the statue of Saint Rita is brought out and the faithful leave messages filled with hopeful petitions to the patron saint of impossible causes. Splinters from the cross on which Jesus was tortured and killed, treasured in the church of Anglesola. A drop of blood from John Paul II, preserved in the church of Our Lady of Prat in Argelès. The Virgin Mary's milk held by the Old Guild of Resellers Association 1447 in Plaça del Pi, Barcelona. The bones of Saint Felix in Vilafranca del Penedès. These are just some of the relics, of legendary origin, that journalist Sergi Ramis (Barcelona, ​​1964) has been finding in chapels, museums, altars, and crypts throughout Catalonia. He explains it, with a good dose of humor, in The Path of Bones: A True Journey Through the Catalonia of Relics (Column).

The brown bear is one of the last large Pleistocene mammals that has not become extinct, and it is also native to Catalonia. However, in 1973, the Spanish government had to consider it an endangered species, primarily due to poaching. This situation has completely changed: there are now 47 brown bears in the Catalan Pyrenees, leading the Director General of Environmental Policies and the Natural Environment, Marc Vilahur, to declare it an endangered species. says it is necessary to "ensure the coexistence of this species with local communities."