The Centros Andaluces ("Andalusian Centers") were cultural associations that existed throughout

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a ...

and in other places in

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

and abroad, dedicated to the creation and promotion of congresses, conferences, publications, expositions, library service, festivals, and in general, all activities related to

Andalusian nationalism Andalusian nationalism is the nationalism that asserts that Andalusian people, Andalusians are a nation and promotes the cultural unity of Andalusians. In the past it was considered to be represented primarily by the Andalusian Party. However, the ...

( Spanish: ''Andalucismo''). The first Centro Andaluz was inaugurated October 22, 1916 in

Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

, with a speech by

Blas Infante Blas Infante Pérez de Vargas (5 July 1885 – 11 August 1936) was a Spanish Andalusist politician, Georgist, writer, historian and musicologist, known as the father of Andalusian nationalism ''(Padre de la Patria Andaluza)''. Infante was a G ...

. All of the centers in Spain were closed at the beginning of the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera in 1923, but some remained open abroad. The Centros Andaluces published the magazines ''

Bética ''Bética'' was an illustrated cultural magazine which existed between 1913 and 1917. It was headquartered in Seville, Spain. History and profile ''Bética'' was launched in Seville in November 1913 as a biweekly magazine. The magazine was affil ...

'' and '' Andalucistas'', among others.

References

* Augustín Luis Robledo
Una mirada casi herética al andalucismo histórico
''Estudios Regionales'', Number 27 (1990), pp. 137-154. History of Andalusia Andalusian nationalist organisations 1916 establishments in Spain

See also

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