the spanish singer Ana Torroja (Madrid, 1959) has received the title of Marchioness of Torrojaafter the death last July of his father, José Antonio Torroja Cavanillas.
The State official newsletter (BOE) published on Tuesday, February 8, the order that grants the former soloist of the group meccano the marquisate, established in 1961, when the dictator Francisco Franco It was awarded to the singer’s paternal grandfather, Edward Torrojaa prominent civil engineer, professor, builder, and researcher who innovated concrete construction techniques.
The award of the title has been criticized by the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory (ARMH), which considers that “the renewal of the title is a insult to victims” of Francoism“because the gaze is being used and the dictator’s valuations as valid when recognizing some supposed honors that were part of the criterion of the responsible for thousands of murders of civilians and the persecution of numerous groups”.
Without going into the qualities of the character to whom Franco awarded the title in 1961, the Association regrets that the Government, in 2022, has executed a decision made by the dictator Francisco Franco.
Ana Torroja was the vocalist of Mecanoone of the most successful groups in the history of Spanish pop, which was in active between 1981 and 1992 with hits like Cross of knives, it’s so hard for me to forget you or Child of the moon.
From 1997 began his career as a soloistin which he has published a total of six albums, the last of them A thousand reasons, in 2021.
Source: Eluniverso
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