Extremadura Guide Eng 2016

Extremaduran and Latin American Museum of Contemporary Art. MEIAC. Badajoz

San Bartolomé s church. Jerez de los Caballeros

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more powerful at the beginning of XIX century, when some war confrontations took place with the nearby French country in the so-called Independence War. In addition to that, XIX is a century where the classi- cism inspired in the Greco-Latin world, started in the pre- vious century, will triumph and will appear in Extremadu- ra after a while, as well as it had happened before with oth- er artistic trends, a question that occurred in the middle of XIX century. This XIX century will have important, revolutionary political changes: Fernando VII´s return, his daughter Isabel II coming to the throne and civil wars between her followers and Carlists, expulsion of the queen, Amadeo of Saboya was proclaimed king, instauration of the First Republic, loss of the last American colonies, etc. Furthermore, XX century will be as changing as the

previous one: king Alfonso XII ´s abdication, the Civil War, period of military dictatorship, restoration of Monarchy and an important period of political, democratic freedom in the last quarter of this century. All that will be reflected in the creative, cultural world in Spain and in Extremadura locally, divided into two provinces since the very beginnings of XIX century and which will not be set up until 1983. This XX century will bring Modernism and numer- ous artistic expressions of vanguard, some of them together with philosophical, cultural trends that will mark the numerous Extremaduran or foreign painters, sculptors or architects who have developed their work in this region. Many cities of Extremadura possess interesting works dated back to this time, over all in architecture; there are

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