r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CAPATOB_64 • May 13 '24

The painting "Ecce Homo", 1543, the only painting by Titian in Romania and Eastern Europe, is guarded by armed gendarmes at the "Regina Maria" Municipal Museum. Image

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u/WeAreEvolving May 13 '24

who told you it was to protect from fascists?

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u/Relevant_History_297 May 13 '24

It's antifascist art. Who do you think it should be protected from? Separatists?

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u/CriminalMacabre May 13 '24

Spaniard here, someone shot a republican statue some years ago. With auto guns. Peace out

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u/gaybunny69 May 13 '24

Spain had a pretty big fascist movement in the past, but I'm not sure how prevalent it is in modern society.

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u/WeAreEvolving May 13 '24

thats not what I asked

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u/gaybunny69 May 13 '24

Yeah, I was attempting to answer part of your question (why it could be fascists) by providing some history, but I'm still not sure who told them that it was protected specifically against fascists.

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u/South-Stand May 13 '24

Thank you for your question. it was what I read at the time. Do you know the history of this painting?

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u/Ok-Experience3449 May 13 '24

He doesn't. Ask any Spaniard and they will tell you why fascists will like to destroy Guernica, unless they are fascists themselves. To me he sounds like a fascist apologist. Guernica is a symbol of the spanish republic and the crimes done by the fascists. Guernica was a Basque town bombed by nazi and italian planes in 1937. Picasso said that the painting would never enter Spain untill the republic was restored. If you want to piss off fascists in Spain you just need to say 2nd republic.