Sánchez Barriga street and José J. Jaime Barriga square in Burguillos del Cerro (Badajoz): Are they two vestigies of Francoism?

Abstract

The construction of the francoist memory in Burguillos del Cerro (Badajoz) through the street map began in October 1936. During the dictatorship, many tradional streets were renamed and also the new ones that emerged with the expansion of the town. Most of the francoist period streets were removed from public spaces between 1979 and 1984, although some posible toponymic vestiges remained, such as the Capitán Cortés crossing or the subjects of study: Sánchez Barriga street and José J. Jaime Barriga square. These last toponyms in 1935 and 1973, respectively, and referred, according to Provincial Council of Badajoz, to Feliciano Sánchez Barriga as “provincial leader of Falange” and José Joaquín Jaime Barriga as “local leader of press and propaganda of Falange”. Why di done of the toponyms José J. Jaime Barriga disappear from Burguillos del Cerro Street map and the other one, Sánchez Barriga, did not?