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better? why exclude some, all were moments in where it burned a lot of buildings, they should be noted
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'''Convent burning''' may refer to:
'''Convents burning''' may refer to:
* [[Convent burning during the French invasion]] as planned or spontaneous actions of the [[Grande Armée|French army]] during the [[Peninsular War]].
* [[Convents burning during the Napoleonic French invasion]] (1808-1814), which in this case was not due to popular rebellions (the clergy was very active part of the side called ''patriot''), but to planned or spontaneous actions of the French army (see [[War of Spanish Independence]]);
** It was also highlighted the [[Convents demolition in Madrid]] planned for urban, military and social reasons during the reign of [[Joseph Bonaparte]] (referred by this to as ''el Rey Plazuela'') advised by the architect [[Silvestre Pérez y Martínez]].
* [[1835 anticlerical riots|Convent burning in Spain (1835)]], during the [[First Carlist War]] and subsequent [[Spanish confiscation|ecclesiastical confiscations of Mendizábal]].
* [[Convent burning in Spain (1909)]], during the [[Tragic Week in Catalonia]].
* [[1835 anticlerical riots|Convents burning in Spain (1835)]], in the context of the [[First Carlist War]] and the subsequent [[Spanish confiscation|Ecclesiastical confiscations of Mendizábal]]
** preceded by the [[Slaughter of friars in Madrid of 1834]] (July 17, during a [[Epidemics of cholera in Spain|epidemic of cholera]], from which rumors ran that it was due to the poisoning of the fountains)
* [[Burning of convents in Spain (1931)|Convent burning in Spain (1931)]], a month after the establishment of the [[Second Spanish Republic]].
* [[Convents burning in Spain (1902)]]
* Convent burning during the anticlerical violence of the [[Revolution of 1934]].
* [[Convent burning in Spain (1936)]], in the months preceding the [[Spanish Civil War]].
* [[Convents burning in Spain (1909)]], during the [[Tragic Week in Catalonia]] (July 26 to August 2, 1909).
* [[Convents burning in Spain (1931)]], a month after the [[Second Spanish Republic]] establishment
* Convents burning in the [[anticlerical violence in the Asturias Revolution]] during the [[revolution of 1934]], which especially affected Asturias
* [[Convents burning in Spain (1936)]], in the previous months of the [[Spanish Civil War]]
* [[Religious persecution during the Spanish Civil War]]


Despite these events, Spain still holds an a large amount of architectural heritage, being the country with the third most [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Sites]].
Despite these popular and reformist events, Spain conserves an enormous amount of architectural heritage, being also the third country with more [[World Heritage Sites]] declared by UNESCO.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 09:09, 3 April 2018

Convents burning may refer to:

Despite these popular and reformist events, Spain conserves an enormous amount of architectural heritage, being also the third country with more World Heritage Sites declared by UNESCO.

See also