General Francisco Franco's palatial summer residence is open to the public after a lengthy legal battle between the government and the late Spanish dictator's family.
The regional government challenged Franco's family in early 2008 to open the property for public viewing. A court ruling in Oct. 2010 in favor of the government opened the house to its first visitors Friday.
The palatial country house - Pazo de Meiras in Sada - in northwest Spain previously belonged to novelist Emilia Pardo Bazan (1851-1921) and is considered a national monument.
However, in 1938 it was offered by local businessmen to Franco, and since his death in 1975 heirs to his estate have considered it their own.
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Sunday, 27 March 2011
General Francisco Franco's palatial summer residence is open to the public after a lengthy legal battle between the government and the late Spanish dictator's family
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