Local Government to Demolish Cross

Country: Spain

Date of incident: March 1, 2018


The tripartite government of the Castellón municipality of Vall d'Uixó formed by PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party), Izquierda Unida (United Left) and Compomís (Coalició Compromís) announced the demolition of the cross in the small Plaza de la Paz (Freedom's Square). The removal was driven by the law of Historical Memory. However, the cross of Vall d'Uixó no longer contains any symbol that refers to the Civil War or the Franco regime.

Local associations mobilized to ask the mayor to keep this religious symbol in its traditional place.

The cross was demolished and removed in June 2018. (La Vanguardia, El Diario)

Sources: El Periódico Mediterráneo, Ahora Información and Abogados Cristianos