Turno
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In Spanish politics, the turnismo, turno pacífico or simply turno refers to an informal two-party system of government within the constitutional monarchy of the Restoration. It consisted of the altern
Cartoon in the satirical magazine El Motín depicting Cánovas and Sagasta see-sawing up and down on the back of Spain.
New Theatre "The Twins" from the Spanish magazine Gedeón, 1909.
Restoration (Spain)
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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
Turno
…pacífico or simply turno (Spanish for "turn" or "shift") refers to an informal two-party system of government within the constitutional monarchy of the Restoration. It consisted of the alternation in government of the two dynastic parties (the Conservative and the Liberal parties) through systematic electoral fraud…
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.