ASHES y GRANITE

Most of us are familiar with the tragic fate of Coventry, Dresden, Rotterdam and their ruined cityscapes at the end of the Second Wo rld War. When the devastation and restoration of cities razed to the ground by bombardment are the subject of discussions, Spanish e xamples are rarely, if ever, mentioned. The destruction by German and Italian aircraft of Madrid, Bilbao, Barcelona and other cities during the Spanish Civil War is not often discussed. Even more so, the tortuous and ideologically influenced process of their rebui lding ha...[Read more]