The Restoration or Bourbon Restoration was the period in Spanish history between the First Spanish Republic and the Second Spanish Republic from 1874 to 1931. It began on 29 December 1874, after a pro
Portrait of King Alfonso XII. Oil on canvas by Enrique Estevan y Vicente (1889), Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain.
Portrait of King Alfonso XIII in uniform, displaying the badges of the Order of Santiago and Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand. Oil on canvas by Víctor Morelli Sánchez-Gil (1910), Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
Photograph of General Miguel Primo de Rivera (March 1930). Berlin, Bundesarchiv, Germany.
The Spanish Republic, commonly known as the Second Spanish Republic, was the democratic government of Spain from 1931 to 1939. The Republic was proclaimed on 14 April 1931 after the deposition of King
Restoration (Spain)
…Restauración) or Bourbon Restoration (Spanish: Restauración borbónica) was the period in Spanish history between the First Spanish Republic and the Second Spanish Republic from 1874 to 1931. It began on 29 December 1874, after a pronunciamento by General Arsenio Martínez Campos in Valencia ended the First Spanish Republic…
Allegory of the Spanish Republic, displaying republican symbolism such as the Phrygian cap and the motto Libertad, Igualdad, Fraternidad
República Española (1931) by Teodoro Andreu
General José Sanjurjo, the leader of the failed 1932 military coup. Having been granted amnesty in 1934 by the right-wing government of the Republic, he was one of the leaders of the 1936 coup.
Workers arrested by the Guardia Civil and Guardia de Asalto during the Asturian miners' strike of 1934