Miguel I de Rivera

  • CountrySpain
  • Town:Jerez de la Frontera

  • Year of creation:1929

  • Rider(s):Miguel I de Rivera

    (1870-1930), an eccentric Andalucian aristocrat, led an army rising in support of the king and then launched his own mild, six-year dictatorship. Rivera was a centralist who censored the press and upset intellectuals but gained the cooperation of the socialists.

  • Sculptor(s):Mariano Benlliure

    (1862 –1947) was a Spanish sculptor, who executed many public monuments and religious sculptures in Spain, working in a heroic realist style.

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