Capitals of the Spanish province and commemorative spaces during the Franco era

Abstract

^{This article reflects on the creation of monumental sculpture in Spanish provincial capitals
during the 1950s and 1960s and the role they play on the dimensions of the collective memory
of those cities.
In the first part of this article studies the relationship between art, historical memory and
national identity, with special interest regarding the Spanish context. This space endowed
with political symbolisms of great significance to Franco’s dictatorship, although the}

^{monumental sculptures experienced many upheavals and singular cases. Historical identities used
to be understood as a permanent background, where it is always possible to find prominent
figures in order to give form to the different narratives.}