Calvo Sotelo Memorial

This is one of the main monuments of the Francoism symbology in Madrid. It was built in memory of Jose Calvo Sotelo, minister in Primo de Rivera Dictatorship, member of parliament in Second Republic, right monarchist politician and martyr of fascist National Movement. His murder in 1936, as retaliation of the murder of tenent José del Castillo by a couple of fascists, was the trigger of the coup d’état by Francisco Franco and the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.

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Source

• Text: Javier Jimeno
• Photos: Javier Jimeno