The provincial authority of A Coruña, in north-western Spain, has launched a legal battle to expropriate a mansion used by 20th Century dictator Francisco Franco as a summer residence, arguing that the former Generalissimo's heirs have no right to enjoy the ownership of "plunder".
The discovery last month that Franco's grandchildren had put the sturdy Pazo de Meirás palace on sale was the last straw for politicians who want to see the fortified building and grounds open to the public.
"It's a scandal that this property continues to be controlled by the dictator's family," says Néstor Rego, one of around 25 activists from the Galicia region who invaded the property for a few hours in protest last year.
Now the leaders of the provincial authority of A Coruña, to which the village of Meirás belongs, have announced a legal and political offensive aimed at stripping the Franco family of the dictator's mock-medieval pile.
"There are legal ways to recover the Pazo de Meirás for the public realm," said Goretti Sanmartín, deputy president of the A Coruña authority, as she presented a report drawn up by historical and legal experts on the mansion's status.
Source : bbc
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