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Category: Transition to democracy

30th January 2023
The Confused Identity of Plaza de Juan Pujol

The Confused Identity of Plaza de Juan Pujol

This charming square in the heart of hipster Malasaña has an extremely confused and controversial identity. While the street sign reads “Plaza de Juan Pujol”, El Balcón de Malasaña, a restaurant on this very spot, lists its address as “Plaza del Rastrillo” and if you attempt to clear up the confusion by visiting Google maps, …

27th February 2022
The Atocha Massacre and its Aftermath

The Atocha Massacre and its Aftermath

Taking place just two years after Franco’s death in 1977, the Atocha Massacre was one of the darkest episodes in Spain’s transition to democracy. However, while the assassins aimed to goad the far right into a bloody exchange that would justify a coup, the wholesale murder of leftist lawyers and trade unionists instead met with …

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