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unusual facts about Antonio Cánovas del Castillo


Antonio Cánovas del Castillo

During the final years of Isabel II, he served in a number of posts, including a diplomatic mission to Rome, governor of Cádiz, and director general of local administration.


Generation of '98

#The Restoration project of Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, was an attempt to create a constitutional monarchy based on the contemporary British Crown which began shortly after Cánovas was appointed prime minister by Alfonso XII in 1874.

Mondragón

The spa at Santa Águeda (now a psychiatric hospital) was the location of the 1897 murder of Spanish politician Antonio Cánovas del Castillo by Michele Angiolillo.

Spanish general election, 1881

Though formally competitive, the 1881 general election was held under the recently developed system of Turno Pacifico; in accordance with a semi-formal power-sharing arrangement brokered by Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, elections (under influence by machine bosses called caciques) served as a rubber stamp for a routine handover of power initiated by the King.


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Mariano Abril y Ostalo

After receiving a pardon from the Ministry of Overseas, Don Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, he remained in Madrid for three years collaborating for the newspapers El Globo, El Heraldo, and El Liberal.