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:

    “Ferdinand De Soto, sleeping
    In the river, never heard
    Four-and-twenty Spanish hooves
    Fling off their iron and cut the green,
    Leaving circles new and clean
    While overhead the wing-tips whirred.”
    —Mark Van Doren (1894–1973)

    “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)