After Madrid a statue of military Blas de Lezo is placed, the City of Barcelona asked to withdraw this monument of who is considered by the Cartagena as an advocate for heroic.
“Blas de Lezo had a prominent role in the siege of Barcelona, the Spanish captain attacks port role,” said Joan Laporta, Democracy Catalana , in Caracol Radio. For this reason, he said that the statue is “inappropriate for their connotations in a political moment already quite complex and poisoned.”
Laporta also commented that “historical memory must have respect for what which means, especially since the war there was a Spain up. “
Despite the disagreement with the statue, Ana Botella, Mayor of Madrid , responded in the newspaper country “at any time, under any circumstances and in any case contemplated remove the monument to Blas de Lezo, it is the truth, against oblivion and against the manipulation of those who seek to change the history of a great nation like Spain “.
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