More than 5,000 items stolen during Franco regime catalogued by Spanish government
During the Spanish Civil War (1936 - 1939) that resulted in Francisco Franco’s fascist government ruling the country until his death in 1975, thousands of paintings, sculptures, jewellery and other precious items were seized by Franco’s Nationalist forces from political opponents. Many items were also lost in the chaos of the conflict or given as a gift to Franco’s government by his supporters. This week, 88 years after the start of the Civil War, the Spanish government has compiled a 5,126 piece catalogue of all these objects so that they can be returned to their original owners or their desc...