The monument to the Liberals from A Coruña has already returned to the As Conchiñas neighborhood, after the demand of the neighbors. The sculptural ensemble, work of José Castiñeiras, had been withdrawn coinciding with the reform of the square and was stored in municipal offices. It is about remembering a chapter in the history of A Coruña that became the first city to support General Riego in his uprising against Fernando VII which favored the defeat of absolutism and the arrival of the Liberal Triennium in Spain. Today it has had its official reopening.
After the uprising against Fernando VII of General Riego in Andalusia claiming the constitution of Cádiz, on February 21, 1820 a new captain general, Venegas, arrived in A Coruña, who was in favor of the absolute monarchy. When the new military officer appeared at the Captaincy Palace, he was taken prisoner after a group of citizens attacked and disarmed the sentries. The officers arrested him.
The movement was joined by the military from Ferrol, Betanzos and Vigo, and the troops from A Coruña occupied the rest of Galicia. Adhesions to the Liberals multiplied and in the end the king had to swear to the Constitution.
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