Spanish Republic

There have been two Spanish Republics:

  • First Spanish Republic (1873–1874)
  • Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939)

Spain is not currently a republic, but a constitutional monarchy. After the Second Republic's fall, General Franco declared Spain to be a monarchy, though he did not permit a monarch until his death in 1975.

Famous quotes containing the words spanish and/or republic:

    “In French literature, you can choose “à la carte”; in Spanish literature, there is only the set meal.”
    —José Bergamín (1895–1983)

    “No republic is more real than that of letters, and I am the last in principles, as I am the least in pretensions to any dictatorship in it.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)