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Saturday, October 28, 2006
Tenerife has the most symbols of the Franco Era
Around a hundred public buildings, the majority of which are military or Civil Guard quarters, police stations, tax offices and post offices, still maintain some symbol of the Franco era in Spain. Twelve of them are in the Canary Islands, with nine of those 12 concentrated in the Tenerife capital of Santa Cruz.
There is the post office in La Orotava and monuments in the capital, such as the Monumento al Ejército Victorioso (Monument to the Victorious Army) (pictured) in the Avenida de Anaga, the Monumento a los Caídos (Monument to the Fallen) in the Plaza de España. There are many more, if you include names of streets and plazas, such as the Rambla del General Franco, Avenida José Antonio Primo de Rivera and Calles Sanjurjo, Mola, Fanjul, Goded, Calvo Sotelo or 18 de Julio.
The question, in Spain at the moment is whether to remove or change them, or not. Personally, this seems like a good idea to remove any inferance of honour, where it is opined that none is due. It is not such a good idea if it is done to "whitewash" the events from the face of history as though they had never happened.
Tenerife es el sitio de España con más símbolos franquistas en sus edificios
There is the post office in La Orotava and monuments in the capital, such as the Monumento al Ejército Victorioso (Monument to the Victorious Army) (pictured) in the Avenida de Anaga, the Monumento a los Caídos (Monument to the Fallen) in the Plaza de España. There are many more, if you include names of streets and plazas, such as the Rambla del General Franco, Avenida José Antonio Primo de Rivera and Calles Sanjurjo, Mola, Fanjul, Goded, Calvo Sotelo or 18 de Julio.
The question, in Spain at the moment is whether to remove or change them, or not. Personally, this seems like a good idea to remove any inferance of honour, where it is opined that none is due. It is not such a good idea if it is done to "whitewash" the events from the face of history as though they had never happened.
Tenerife es el sitio de España con más símbolos franquistas en sus edificios
