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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - The Phalanx]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why does the CAP Passeig de Maragall still appear in the name of a Francoist union?]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/culture/why-does-the-cap-paseo-maragall-still-appear-in-the-name-of-francoist-union_130_5741489.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/e340f1f8-8521-4d79-9ba0-879cef9d4a7d_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The current CAP Passeig de Maragall, in the Sant Martí district of Barcelona, still appears today –half a century after Franco's death– in the name of the Spanish Falange (FET y de las JONS). Despite the Generalitat managing the center and assuming all maintenance costs, the registered ownership remains in the hands of the dictatorship's political apparatus. This is the most disconcerting finding of the research by historian <a href="https://www.ara.cat/cultura/espoli-ateneus-catalans-estat-cap-interes-tornar-patrimoni-espoliat-pel-franquisme_130_4240085.html" >Neus Moran</a>, who documents how the State protected health heritage from Francoist plunder before the transfer of powers.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sílvia Marimon]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 19 May 2026 05:06:32 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[On the left the Falange's shield torn from the facade, at the moment of the demolition - in 1989 - of the old Victòria Clinic and on the right the current CAP Maragall]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Many large hospitals and CAPs are state-owned, but the Generalitat assumes maintenance and investment costs]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why is it important to remember who the father of the Spanish Falange was?]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/culture/why-is-it-important-to-remember-who-the-father-of-the-spanish-falange-was_1_5419050.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/8e13d5d5-46ba-4a1c-b3f0-780b547f50e9_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x1316y0.jpg" /></p><p>Rafael Sánchez Mazas (Madrid, 1894-1966) is a fundamental figure for understanding contemporary Spanish history. An intellectual, politician, and writer, he was a founding member of the Falange, a minister under Franco, and the main ideologue of Spanish National Catholic fascism. The protagonist of a life worthy of a film, full of adventures and pivotal moments, in January 1939 he was saved from being shot by Republican troops at the sanctuary of Santa María del Collell (Garrotxa). This episode made his fortune, and in 2001, the Girona writer Javier Cercas revived it, with a varying dose of fiction, for the plot of his novel. <a href="https://www.ara.cat/cultura/lheroi-carn-ossos-soldats-salamina_1_2315003.html" target="_blank">famous novel </a><a href="https://www.ara.cat/cultura/lheroi-carn-ossos-soldats-salamina_1_2315003.html" target="_blank"><em>Soldiers of Salamis</em></a>.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Aniol Costa-Pau]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 21 Jun 2025 11:00:49 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Rafael Sánchez Mazas and dictator Francisco Franco in Pardo (Madrid), on December 10, 1952.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Maximiliano Fuentes Codera has just published an extensive biography of Rafael Sánchez Mazas, the main ideologue of Spanish fascism.]]></subtitle>
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