The Spanish transition to democracy, known in Spain as la Transición or la Transición española, officially the Spanish State from 1975 to 1978 and Kingdom of Spain thereafter, was a period of modern S
Juan Carlos I before the Cortes Españolas, during his proclamation as King on 22 November 1975
Manuel Fraga Iribarne, the most important Minister of the Arias Navarro government
Federica Montseny speaking at the meeting of the CNT in Barcelona in 1977, after 36 years of exile
People waiting to vote in the 1977 general election, the first free election since 1936.
1981 Spanish coup attempt
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A coup d'état was attempted in Spain in February 1981 by right-wing, Francoist elements of the Civil Guard and the Spanish military. The failure of the coup marked the last serious attempt to revert S
Spanish transition to democracy
…1978. The following years saw the beginning of the development of the rule of law and establishment of regional government, amidst ongoing terrorism, an attempted coup d'état and global economic problems. The Transition is said to have concluded after the landslide victory of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in…
Antonio Tejero bursting into the Plenary Chamber of the Congress of Deputies, gun in hand
The Congress of Deputies Plenary Hall (pictured in 2014).
Adolfo Suárez (right) and Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado (center) in their seats in Congress (pictured in 1979), talking with Marcelino Oreja (left).
Bullet holes left on the ceiling (pictured in 2015).