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Cortijo Gambogaz y Hacienda San González

Gonzalo Queipo de Llano residence. He was a relevant Lieutenant General in the nationalist side and one of the main leaders of the coup d’etat. He managed the massacre of Sevilla, killing more tan three thousand people and incited to his soldiers to rape as women as they could. It’s believed that he ordered the execution of the poet Federico García Lorca. He was known as "the Virrey of Andalucía".

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  • Text: Javier Jimeno
  • Photos: Ignasi Prat

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