In its Historical Memory Law (October 2007), Spain recognized victims on both sides of its 1936–1939 Civil War and established entitlements
for victims and descendants of victims of the war and the Franco regime that followed (1939–1975). The law requires authorities to remove
Francoist symbols and signs from public buildings and spaces, rename streets and squares, and cleanse the public space of monuments and
artifacts that glorify or commemorate the regime. By allowing exceptions on artistic, architectural, or religious grounds, however, the law
triggered persistent public struggles over monuments, memorials, and outdoor sculptures. This article examines the implementation of the law
in the city of Granada, via a case study relating to the removal of a sculpture honoring the founder of the Spanish Fascist movement, José
Antonio Primo de Rivera. The controversy over the statue sparked a debate in Granada about the implementation of the law in the public space
and raised questions about the role of text, material and visual culture in redesigning Linguistic Landscape by articulating contested
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