According to the information of the department, the authorities of the region announced the beginning of training during the bullfight in the city of Tarragona.
The mayor of the city noted that the very procedure of the referendum will be held in Barcelona. The date of the referendum was determined on the first day of October this year.
However, the official government in Madrid is categorically against the referendum, as this contradicts the decision of the Constitutional Court to ban its holding.
The Spanish prosecutor's office has already opened criminal proceedings against a number of Catalan officials and mayors of cities, warning of a possible arrest.
Earlier in the streets of Catalonia came out 11 million people in support of the referendum.
As reported in "URA-Inform", the head of the Spanish government, Mariano Rajoy, earlier called on the Catalans not to hold a referendum on independence planned for autumn.