The Catalan Artistic Heritage during the Spanish Civil War

Franco's coup d'état against the Republic provoked the outbreak of a social revolution in the territories loyal to the government, with indiscriminate attacks on people and property. The reaction of protection and safeguarding ser fulminant and the saved art was concentrated in various deposits spread throughout the Catalan geography that would culminate in the Museum of the Palau Nacional de Montjuïc. This book collects the proceedings of the symposium 'Destruction, salvage and itinerancy of art in Catalonia (1936-1939)' held on February 14, 2022 at the