2024-12-22T04:12:42-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150046096/silent-walls-the-architecture-of-historical-memory-in-spain Marina Otero Verzier 2018-01-23T09:00:00-05:00 >2018-01-24T10:16:03-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/31/31q2cn1bq2d5jezy.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>In 1977, Spain celebrated its first free general election since the Spanish Civil War and the dictatorship that followed, which together lasted over four decades. Despite that this restoration of democracy has become a model for peaceful political transitions, to this day the country still struggles to come to terms with its historical memory.</p>