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 Ej�rcito Victorioso (Monument to the Victorious Army) (pictured) in the Avenida de Anaga, the Monumento a los Ca�dos (Monument to the Fallen) in the Plaza de Espa�a. There are many more, if you include names of streets and plazas, such as the Rambla del General Franco, Avenida Jos� 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 Espa�a con m�s s�mbolos franquistas en sus edificios

Permalink | (0) Comments | Post a Comment