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unusual facts about Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre


Spanish monitor Puigcerdá

The acquisition of Puigcerdá was approved on August 25, 1874, by General Serrano and Minister of Marine Rafael Rodriguez Arias.


Carlos María de la Torre y Nava Cerrada

A Carlist army officer, he was sent from Spain by Francisco Serrano after the ouster of Isabel II as result of the La Gloriosa revolution.

Francisco Serrano

Francisco J. Serrano (1900–1982), Mexican civil engineer and architect

Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda

They were close to Francisco Serrano, who was the captain-general of Cuba at the time.

José Gualberto Padilla

Meanwhile in Madrid, Eugenio María de Hostos and other prominent Puerto Ricans managed to intercede with President Francisco Serrano, who had himself just led a revolution against the monarchy in Spain.


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