may 10, 1931 - Burning of the Convents
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Over one hundred convents and other religious buildings were burnt in Spain during riots that started in Madrid and spread throughout the country. Objects of great cultural and artistic value were destroyed, some convent cemeteries were vandalized and several persons killed and injured. A right-wing group played a recording of the monarchist Marcha Real by an open window in the Calle de Alcalá while a large crowd were returning from the Buen Retiro Park. Some members of the crowd were enraged, and protests the following day swept across Spain
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