Emilio Castelar
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Emilio Castelar y Ripoll was a Spanish republican politician, and a president of the First Spanish Republic.
Monument to Castelar in Madrid (M. Benlliure, 1908).
An aging Castelar, with some friends in Murcia (including Vicente Medina and José García Vaso).
Funeral ceremony passing by the Puerta del Sol.
Saint Isidore Cemetery
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Saint Isidore Cemetery is a monumental cemetery in the Spanish capital Madrid. Its first courtyard was erected in 1811 and new expansions were added throughout the 19th Century. Its central courtyard, called "Patio de la Concepción" boasts a notable group of mausolea. This cemetery is the resting place of many famous Spaniards, including artists, politicians and poets.
St Isidore and St Just at the beginning of the 20th Century.
St Isidore Cemetery (left) and St Just cemetery (right), ca. 1928.