Initial impulses of the authoritary modernization in Granada: the City Council of the Associates and the marquis of Casablanca (1923-1924)

Abstract

The coup d'état that led to the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera had the support of the social and economic institutions of Granada and the entire local press, which considered it a project of renewal against the oligarchic system and local despotism. The constitutional City Council was dissolved, constituting another with the associated members who had been previously chosen by lot among the direct taxpayers of the city. The new City Council elected as mayor-president José Tripaldi Herrera who did not accept the position. Then, the military Directory co-opted to Antonio Díez de Rivera and Muro, XI Marquis of Casablanca and retired general of Artillery. The initial regenerationist impulse of this City Council, formed mostly by neighbors without any political ambition, was noted until the enactment of the Municipal Statute in March 1924. For the Marquis of Casablanca, the priority was to pay the accumulated debt and thus recover the credit before society and banks, honestly managing the budget.