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Spain's top court orders Franco family to hand back Romanesque statues
MADRID - Spain's Supreme Court has ruled that the descendants of dictator Francisco Franco must return two valuable Romanesque statues to the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela, according to a court statement released on Thursday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court has dealt with the complaint of the City of Santiago de Compostela to the Franco family of two Romanesque sculptures that they had in their possession and has ordered their restitution. These are two pieces attributed to Maestro Mateo and that were part of the sculptural set of the external portico of the cathedral of Santiago. The sentence that puts an end to an old conflict for the ownership of the sculpt…
The City Council of Santiago, after five years of legal battle, managed to recover the figures of Abraham and Isaac from the cathedral of compostelana.
The Civil Chamber considers the appeal of the consistory and considers that the identification of the pieces is clear. The current mayor and the leader who pushed the lawsuit in 2017 agree: "At last justice is done".
Top Spanish Court Orders Heirs to Return Cathedral Statues
Spain’s Supreme Court has ordered the heirs of former dictator Francisco Franco to return two religious statues to the city of Santiago, concluding a years-long legal dispute over their ownership. The two pieces, depicting biblical figures Isaac and Abraham, date back to the 12th century and were originally produced as decorative elements for the Portico of Glory, an entrance to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, a UNESCO World Heritage …
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