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:

    “How can I, that girl standing there,
    My attention fix
    On Roman or on Russian
    Or on Spanish politics?”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Who is this Renaissance? Where did he come from? Who gave him permission to cram the Republic with his execrable daubs?”
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)