Els Segadors
"Els Segadors" (Eastern Catalan: [əls səɣəˈðos], Western Catalan: [els seɣaˈðos]; "The Reapers") is the official national anthem of Catalonia, nationality and autonomous community of Spain. == History == The original song dates in the oral tradition to 1640, based on the events of June 1640 known as Corpus de Sang ("Corpus of Blood") during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) between Spain, England, France and Austria, the event that started the Reapers' War or Guerra dels Segadors, also known as the Catalan Revolt or Catalan Revolution, where Catalans fought against the Count-Duke of Olivares, the chief minister of King Philip IV of Spain, and eventually led to an open war and the establishment of a Catalan Republic under French protection.