Conservative Party (Spain)
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The Conservative Party, officially the Liberal Conservative Party and colloquially the Conservatives, was a Spanish political party founded in 1876 by Antonio Cánovas del Castillo.
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Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
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Antonio Cánovas del Castillo was a Spanish politician and historian known principally for serving six terms as prime minister and his overarching role as "architect" of the regime that ensued with the
Conservative Party (Spain)
…Spanish: Partido Liberal-Conservador, PLC) and colloquially the Conservatives (Spanish: Conservadores), was a Spanish political party founded in 1876 by Antonio Cánovas del Castillo. The "Conservative" label referred to the dominant political ideas in Spain at the time, particularly regarding matters of state. The political formation…
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Portrait of Cánovas (c. 1869)
Cartoon in El Motín depicting Cánovas and Sagasta on a see-saw whose fulcrum is an allegory of Spain
Assassination of Antonio Cánovas del Castillo on 8 August 1897, Mondragón.