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Galician League (A Coruña)
The Galician League of A Coruña (''Liga Gallega'' in both Spanish language, Spanish and Galician language) was a Liberalism, liberal and Galicianism (Galicia), Galician regionalist political group founded in 1897 in A Coruña by the participants in the Galicianism (Galicia), regionalist club A Cova Céltiga (''The Celtic Cave''), with its headquarters in the Carré Aldao library; chaired by Manuel Murguía and directed by a committee consisting of Manuel Lugrís Freire, Uxío Carré Aldao and Salvador Golpe. History In 1898 the statutes of the League were drafted, entirely in Galician language.For the first time in a political organization. Waldo Álvarez Insua was elected as the president of the organization in 1899. It was one of the currents in which the Galician Regionalist Association bifurcated. The Galician League of A Coruña was Liberalism, liberal, while the Galician League (Santiago de Compostela), Galician League of Santiago de Compostela was ideologically Conservatism, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Murguía
Manuel Antonio Martínez Murguía (17 May 1833 – 2 February 1923) was a Galician journalist and historian who created the Real Academia Galega. He was one of the main figures in Galician '' Rexurdimento'' movement. He is also remembered as Rosalía de Castro's husband, publisher and main supporter. Life Manuel Murguía was born on 17 May 1833 in Arteixo (A Coruña), in Galicia (Spain). His father was a chemist. Being at A Coruña, a child Manuel Murguía witnessed the liberal insurrection of locals against the central power on 23 April 1846. This happening ended with the execution of the ''Mártires de Carral'' (The Martyrs of Carral). It all caused an important ideological impact on Murguía, who wrote about that later on in his article ''La Voz de Galicia'' (The Voice of Galicia). Manuel Murguía studied philosophy, and pharmacy (as was his father's wish), at Santiago de Compostela. However, Murguía had a great interest on literature and history, so he finally gave u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
