Santa Cruz de Tenerife concentrates up to 78 representations or exaltations of the Franco regime that still survive in its streets in breach of the Law and that must be removed “immediately”. This follows from the catalog of vestiges completed and released this Tuesday by the Vice-Ministry of Culture and Heritage.
Among the vestiges that must be definitively removed from public space are monuments such as the Monument to the Fallen (1947) and the Monument to the Caudillo (1966), sculptures such as the bust of Joaquín Amigó de Lara (1986) or objects such as the propeller of the Crucero Canarias, inscriptions such as the plaques of the National Housing Institute (1957) or the tombstone of the Fallen of Igueste de San Andrés (1975).
As for the denominations, we find roads such as the General Serrador bridge (1943), Calvo Sotelo street (1936) or the Francisco Aguilar y Paz promenade (1994) as well as neighborhoods such as the Victoria neighborhood and square and educational centers such as the CEIP Fray Albino (1944), among others. The honors and distinctions include more than 130 people.
Full listing:
Monuments
– Our Lady of Africa Market-General Serrador Bridge (1943).
– Monument to the Fallen (1947).
– Monument to the Caudillo in the Rambla de Santa Cruz-former Rambla del General Franco (1964-1966).
sculptures and objects
– Arch of the Barrio de García Escámez (1944-1947).
– Obelisk to Francisco García-Escámez (1946-1949).
– Bust of José Enrique Marrero Regalado (dated 1950).
– Propeller of the Canarias cruiser (1936/1940/1980).
– Bust of Joaquín Amigó de Lara (1986).
– Bust of Cándido Luis García Sanjuán (2008).
Shields, inscriptions and tombstones
– Shield of the Naval Command of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1945).
– Inscription José Antonio School Group (1944).
– Enrollment School Group Onesimo Redondo (1944).
– Funeral stone in honor of Estanislao Gómez-Landero (1947).
– Tombstone in memory of Estanislao Gómez-Landero (1947).
– Tombstone in the neighborhood of La Victoria (1950).
– Funerary tombstone of General García Escámez (1951).
– Plates of the National Housing Institute (1954/1954-1957).
– Tombstone and inscriptions of the José Antonio Group (1955).
– Tombstone and inscriptions of the Grupo Ntra. Sra. de Candelaria (1955).
– Tombstone and inscriptions of the Juan XXIII Group (1966).
– Tombstone to the Fallen of Igueste de San Andrés (1975)
Names of streets, urban spaces and others
Military rebels in revolt against the legal order (in alphabetical order).
– Anatolio de Fuentes Garcia Street (1973).
– Commander Moreno Ureña Street.
– Conde de Pallasar Street (1973).
– Darias and Padrón Street (1970).
– Francisco Bonnín Street (1964).
– José Maldonado Dugour Street (1973).
– Juan Vara Terán Street (1973).
– General Serrador Bridge (1943).
– Rambla General García-Escámez (1973).
Soldiers, volunteers and civilians killed in the Civil War.
– Calvo Sotelo Street (1936)
– Capitan Gomez Landero Street (1937)
– Commander Sánchez Pinto Street (1937).
– Santiago Square Street (1936).
– Teniente Martín Bencomo Street (1937).
Volunteers from July 18 and later; Provisional Ensigns and Provisional Sergeants.
– Candido Luis Garcia Sanjuan Street (1973)
– Doctor Zerolo Street (1956)
– Miguel Zerolo Fuentes Street (1973)
– Modesto Vidarte Street (1969)
– Provisional Sergeant Street (1967)
– Plaza Joaquín Amigó de Lara (1973)
– Provisional Lieutenant Square (1967)
– Javier de Loño Pérez Bridge (1973)
Political positions in period of exception and later.
– Francisco La Roche Avenue (1952)
– Américo López Méndez Street (1973)
– Belisario Guimerá Street and Valero Castle (1973)
– Eusebio Ramos Gonzalez Street (1973)
– Francisco Aguilar and Paz Walk (1994)
– Plazoleta Doctor Pablos April (1967)
Ideologists, propagandists and iconographers of the Regime.
– Adalberto Benítez Togores Street (1982)
– Elias Ramos Gonzalez Street (1978)
– Manuel Ramos Vela Street (1982)
– Street Painter José Aguiar (1982)
– Roundabout of the Architect Marrero (1956)
Collaborators
– Ernest Groth Street (1982)
Denominations of Educational Centers
– CEIP Friar Albino (1944)
– CEIP García-Escámez (1945)
– CEIP Susana Villavicencio (1975)
neighborhood names
– Neighborhood and Plaza de la Victoria.
– General García-Escámez neighborhood.
– Neighborhood of the Marquis of Somosierra.
Other denominations
– La Abejera-García-Escámez Market.
– García-Escámez football field.
Honors and distinctions
Gold medals
– Vicente Sergio Orbaneja (1939).
– Francisco García-Escámez and Iniesta (1946).
– Infantry Regiment No. 49 and the Tenerife Mixed Artillery Regiment (1956).
– Blas Perez Gonzalez (1957).
– Belisario Guimerá del Castillo Valero (1976).
– Candido Luis Garcia Sanjuan (1991).
silver medals
– Joaquin Garcia Pallasar (1956).
– Joaquin Amigo de Lara (1967).
– Adalberto Benitez Tugores (1971).
Adoptive children
– Jose Varela Iglesias (1940).
– Agustín Muñoz Grandes (1955).
– Jose Antonio Giron de Velasco (1955).
– Luciano Garcia Machineña (1969).
– Jose Aguiar Garcia (1970).
Favorite Sons
– Francisco Aguilar y Paz (1989).
