Eighty-five years after her father's execution by Franco's forces, Josefina Fortea receives his remains, bringing closure to her family. The story sheds light on Spain's ongoing struggle to reckon ...

The World Monuments Fund has chosen the Zaragoza town among 25 worldwide locations for which it will raise funds. The 1937 ...

Josefina Fortea, 92, was seven when her father Jose, a farm labourer, faced a firing squad sent by General Francisco Franco. While she hardly knew him, receiving his remains 85 years later has brought ...

PATERNA, Spain (Reuters) - Josefina Fortea, 92, was seven when her father Jose, a farm labourer, faced a firing squad sent by ...

A new campaign in Sunderland aims to build a community-designed monument honouring those who fought for liberty and freedom in Spain, writes ROB MacDONALD, artist and creator of Solidarity Park Catalu ...

There was a time when the Balearic Islands seemed insignificant to Spain, so much so they were ready to hand it over.

If you work in Spain or have applied for jobs here, you might’ve noticed that some jobs pay their salaries in 14 payments rather than the usual 12. Where does this quirk come from and do all workers ...

Anti-fascists from around the world will soon be travelling to Spain to commemorate the International Brigades and walk in the footsteps of the bravest of their generation, writes LYNNE WALSH ...

which was bombed by Spanish dictator Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War (you can see scars from the attack on the church in the square). The palm tree-clad Plaça Reial is meanwhile ...

On November 20th 1975 Francisco Franco, who had ruled Spain for almost ... the dictator’s grandiose monument to his victory in the Spanish civil war, and their reburial in a quiet cemetery.

Franco died in bed in November 1975 ... of Spaniards who were forced into exile during the civil war and the dictatorship to claim Spanish citizenship. In addition, the legislation asserts that ...

"Let's celebrate that in 1975, Spanish society decided ... In the three-year civil war that followed, Paul Preston, a British historian and leading Franco expert, estimates some 200,000 people ...