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Antonio Cánovas del Castillo

1828–1897 · 19th century

Antonio Cánovas del Castillo was a Spanish conservative statesman and historian who designed the Bourbon Restoration of 1874 and its Constitution of 1876. He led the Conservative Party and created the turno pacífico, under which Conservatives and Liberals alternated in power. Prime minister six times, he was assassinated by an Italian anarchist in 1897.

Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
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Restoration Spain

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