As Labour Day is a bank holiday in Spain, the schools were closed, so we all had a day off. All the schools except Liceo la Paz actually had Monday off as well, which the four of us here were not too pleased about. Unusually, it was a sunny day in A Coruña, so I decided to walk round the promontory, starting in Maria Pita square. Perhaps aptly for the day, my walk took me round some of A Coruña's history of resistance.
Notice in Galician on the town hall: 'For worthy employment', with a moving exhibition about recent, often grim historical events.
Commemorative pillars on the headland.
Older history: wild flowers near the Tower of Hercules, a restored Roman lighthouse which is still in working order.
The Menhir stones for peace.
Memorial to those who were shot nearby under Franco's dictatorship.
Close up of a photo on the monument of the A Coruña killing fields.
A list of A Coruña citizens executed under Franco - from the town hall exhibition.
I'll finish with something more positive, but related...
A family memory
Last week, I found the Casa Casares in A Coruña, which sets out the history of the 2nd Spanish Republic. It was very poignant, as my mother Elsie worked for the Spanish Republicans in the '30s, fighting against Franco and the fascist movement there. As a Welsh woman, she had a particular empathy with other Gallic peoples, so the link with Galicia was strong. She was a lifelong supporter of human rights all her life. Te saludo Elsa, as the Spanish called her.
lovely photos!! <3 xxx
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