Fifteen years had to pass, with the 'Procés' in between, for the Crown of Aragon to be made visible once again: it took place at the meeting in the Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet. King Felipe VI presided this Thursday over the meeting of the Poblet board of trustees with the Catalan, Valencian, Balearic, and Aragonese presidents, in addition to the Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun. All together, beyond highlighting the common history with the kings buried in the royal pantheon of this monastery founded in the 12th century, and which is reflected by the four common bars on the flags of the territories, they wanted to celebrate the common Spanish project.

Who hasn't found themselves immersed, these hot days, in an absurd discussion with someone from Madrid or Aragon about whether Catalonia was ever an independent territory or if they were mere counties dependent on the Kingdom of Aragon? About whether Jaume I was Catalan or Aragonese? In these cases, it's always good to have a good historical summary at hand, like the one published these days in the newspaperEl Punt Avuiby historian Cristian Palomo. This is precisely one of the functions of the press: to translate historiographical (or scientific in general) erudition into educational pieces accessible to the general public. Not everyone needs to know the genealogical tree of the House of Barcelona inside out, but we should have some basics that allow us to easily and quickly discredit some theses.

The advance of the forest fire that broke out on Monday in Las Peñas de Riglos has led the government of Aragon to decide to transfer the osseous remains of the first Aragonese kings to the Museum of Huesca, due to the danger to the royal pantheon of the old monastery of San Juan de la Peña, and also to the new monastery, which was precisely built after a fire burned down the old one in the 17th century. The fire affects 8,000 hectares and has forced the evacuation of 900 people.