Place of Democratic Memory It is that space, real estate, place or intangible or intangible cultural heritage in which facts of singular relevance have been developed for their historical, symbolic significance or for their repercussions on collective memory, linked to democratic memory, the struggle of the Spanish citizens for their rights and freedoms, the memory of women, as well as with the repression and violence on the population as a consequence of the resistance to the coup d’état of July 1936, the War, the Dictatorship, the exile and the struggle for the recovery and deepening of democratic values.
Article 51 of Law 20/2022, of October 19, on Democratic Memory, establishes the creation of the State Inventory of Places of Democratic Memory, as an instrument of publicity and knowledge of them. The objective is to form a relationship of spaces, properties or landscapes in which facts of singular relevance to democratic memory have been developed. In this link You can check the list of goods listed to date.
For the incoation of a Declaration of place of memory at the request of a party The requirement of being an entity that promotes and disseminates democratic memory must be met.
La application You should indicate the following:
1. Identification of the interested entity.
2. Identification of the electronic medium, or in its absence, physical place in which you want the notification to be practiced.
3. Identification of the good.
4. Define the material, historical, intangible or symbolic values that justify the declaration.
5. If it is material heritage, its cartographic delimitation with the corresponding geographical coordinates.
6. Place and date.
7. Signature of the applicant or accreditation of the authenticity of his/her will expressed by any means.
It will be accompanied by a report on the values of the property with all the necessary documentation to verify that it complies with the 49 and ss. of the Democratic Memory Act.
La solicitud y documentos anexos se dirigirán al Ministerio de Política Territorial y Memoria Democrática a través de https://reg.redsara.es/
We remind you that you can also submit the required documentation by any of the following ways:
• In person: In any register of the General Administration of the State, of the Autonomous Communities or of the Local Entities, addressed to the General Directorate of Attention to Victims and Promotion of Democratic Memory (Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Calle Miguel Ángel, 21, 28010 - Madrid).
• By postal mail: To the General Directorate of Attention to Victims and Promotion of Democratic Memory (Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Calle Miguel Ángel, 21, 28010 - Madrid).