History of Spain. Catalonia. First Carlist War (1833-1840). When the citizens of Barcelona became aware of the excesses perpetrated by the Carlists in some Catalan towns, a crowd stormed the Citadel prison on 4 January 1836. They killed more than a hundred Carlist prisoners of war. Assassination of the Carlist prisoners in the Citadel of Barcelona. Illustration by Miranda. Engraving. Panorama Español, Crónica Contemporánea. Volume III. Madrid, 1845.

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