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The Provincial Court of Madrid has given the reason - as did the court number 41 of Madrid in the first instance - to the heirs of the dictator Francisco Franco on the statues of the work of Mestre Mateo, Isaac and Abraham, who are in his possession and which claims the City of Santiago de Compostela .

Speaking to Europa Press, the former mayor of Santiago Martiño Noriega has explained that the Hearing "changes its argument" to reject the appeal, given that in the first instance the judge indicated that the possession of the statues by the City Council was not proven, but now for the Audience "it is not proven" that they are the same pieces owned by the Franco.

The previous local government of Compostela Aberta drove this process. Now the new socialist Santiago executive must decide whether to appeal to the Supreme Court.

Noriega remarks that the Xunta de Galicia itself accredited "perfectly" during the process with the declaration of declaration of Cultural Interest (BIC) that it is the same statues, so it shows its surprise that the dismissal is based on that argument. In addition, it supports depleting the path of the Supreme.

For its part, in statements to the Cadena Ser , the current councilor, Xosé Sánchez Bugallo, has advanced that the sentence will be analyzed on the 26th to see if it is possible to present an appeal "with possibilities" before the Supreme Court.

History

The demand of the City Council of Santiago was supported, in its day, with the location in the file of the University of Santiago of the file of acquisition of the pieces, as well as of the notarial deed itself, stating all the characteristics of the statues, of municipal ownership.

According to these documents, after their withdrawal from the Cathedral, the sculptures passed to the Count of Ximonde in the 18th century, a nobleman who sold them to the City of Santiago for 60,000 pesetas in 1948. In the sales document there is a reservation "for prevent them from disappearing from the town hall "- with a fine in case it is so - and their" public property of the residents of Santiago "is preserved, without the possibility of sale or assignment.

Therefore, the City Council of Santiago decided to proceed against the heirs of the Franco-María del Carmen, Jaime Felipe, María Aránzazu, José Cristóbal, María del Mar and María de la O Martínez-Bordiu Franco- and against the mercantile Pristina SL.

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