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El primer ayuntamiento democrático de España

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El primer ayuntamiento democrático de España

Curiosity · Santa Cruz de la Palma, La Palma, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

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In 1773 a lawsuit brought by the Irish merchant Dionisio O'Daly against the local oligarchy entrenched in the town council forced the holding of open municipal elections, considered the first democratically elected town government in Spain.

1773

Photo: OTFW , Berlin (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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