A ballot box used in the banned October 1, 2017 referendum on independence is displayed next to trophies inside a sports hall in Sant Julia de Ramis, Spain, September 20, 2018. REUTERS/Albert Gea
SANT JULIA DE RAMIS, Spain (Reuters) - Oriol Costa looks at a ballot box in a glass case in his village in Catalonia, a reminder of last year's banned Oct. 1 referendum on independence that plunged Spain into its worst political crisis in decades.
An inscription under the case reads "Never forget, never pardon", a reference to the scenes of chaos that erupted across the region as riot police descended on polling stations to prevent the vote from going ahead.
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