The Monument to the Lawyers of Atocha, El Abrazo, will be declared a place of democratic memory
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Secretary of State Fernando Martínez López announced it this Friday at an event held in the Plaza de Antón Martín, where he finds the sculptural ensemble reminiscent of the victims of the 1977 massacre carried out by far-right gunmen. It will become part of the state inventory that protects these vestiges.
This article was originally published in Noticias para Municipios. The Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory has begun the process to declare the monument as a place of democratic memory in honor of the lawyers killed in Atocha in January 1977. The central government has made this decision because of the great historical relevance of this sculpture, located in the Plaza de Antón Martín in Madrid.The monument was placed in 2002 at …

The government of Pedro Sánchez announced this Friday that Madrid will add a new point to its map of democratic memory. The new enclave that is incorporated to the list already announced will be the monument to the lawyers of Atocha, located in the Plaza de Antón Martín, where today Comisión Obreras commemorates the 48th anniversary of the murder of these lawyers.
On Friday, the Official State Gazette (BOE) publishes a resolution of the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory to initiate the procedure that declares the monument as a memorial of Atocha's lawyers, coinciding with the 48th anniversary of the murders.The Secretary of State of Democratic Memory, Fernando Martínez López, signs this resolution with which he intends to recall the terrorist attack committed by an extreme right wing co…
The monument 'El Abrazo' pays tribute to labor lawyers shot in Madrid by a far right commando on January 24, 1977.
On Friday, the Official State Gazette (BOE) published a resolution of the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory to initiate the procedure that declared the monument in memory of Atocha's lawyers, coinciding with the 48th anniversary of the murders, according to EFE.The Secretary of State for Democratic Memory, Fernando Martínez López, signs this resolution with which he intends to recall the terrorist attack committed by an extrem…
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