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Raising the dead

Years of silence have almost erased Spain’s civil war and General Franco’s atrocities from the collective consciousness but now the country is ready to speak out.

  • Issue #116
  • 10 min read
A 130-metre-tall stone cross atop a rocky mountain with a white basilica building below at Valle de los Caidos.
Architecture

Back to the future

Too many residential towers play by the rules. We are granted rare access to Torres Blancas, a fantastical expression of 1960s modernism that remains as current and desirable as ever.

  • The Forecast #6
  • 11 min read
Back to the future
Architecture

Expo no. 83: On the home front

Madrid’s Edificio Princesa was designed by a suspect bohemian and houses a coup plotter. Once a bunker for Franco’s cadre, it is today a testament to the contradictions of Spain’s democratic transition.

  • Issue #83
  • 11 min read
Expo no. 83: On the home front
Affairs

Coming home

Spain is offering citizenship to the descendants of those who fled its Civil War and the Franco regime. Should other nations with ageing populations do more to encourage their diaspora to return home?

  • Issue #23
  • 5 min read
Coming home

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