Ever since Franco's death the tomb has acted as a Francoist shrine.

If so, they say, those responsible for Francoist repression may also soon find themselves on trial.

Some demonstrators carried flags with Francoist icons and held an arm aloft in the fascist salute.

It also decreed that overtly Francoist symbols were to be removed from public buildings and spaces.

You can in Spain, he says, speaking of a Francoist nostalgia that has not been entirely extinguished.

This was done with the cooperation of the Francoist regime, who publicly declared that Ryan had "escaped".

Madam, - Correspondents to the Letters page frequently seek to disparage Opus Dei by linking the group to Spain's Francoist regime.

Historian Ricard Vinyes has shown that the Francoist state interfered in the family lives of the war's losers in a number of ways.

The republican dead, many of them civilian victims of Francoist death squads, were taken from mass graves across the country without their relatives' permission.

Mothers on the losing republican side were not deemed "acceptable" as they would raise children in a manner which deviated from the Francoist maternal ideal.

Ever since Franco's death the tomb has acted as a Francoist shrine.

If so, they say, those responsible for Francoist repression may also soon find themselves on trial.

Some demonstrators carried flags with Francoist icons and held an arm aloft in the fascist salute.

It also decreed that overtly Francoist symbols were to be removed from public buildings and spaces.

You can in Spain, he says, speaking of a Francoist nostalgia that has not been entirely extinguished.

This was done with the cooperation of the Francoist regime, who publicly declared that Ryan had "escaped".