page_title: Requetés
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Requetés / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: monument feixista
context_page_description: The Requetés were members of the Carlist organization, Requeté. As an organised structure it operated between the mid-1900s and the early 1970s, though exact dates are not clear.
context_section_description: Though recent past remains a hotly debated and highly controversial topic in Spain, the requeté legacy does not form its major thread. If mentioned, in public discourse Carlist volunteers are usually bundled together with other groups as components of Francoism, co-responsible for introduction of an anti-democratic, brutal dictatorial system. The exception is Vascongadas and especially Navarre, two regions where the requeté civil war past attracts more than minor attention. Criticism of repressive role played by the militia is repeated here with more vehemence than elsewhere; as some sections of the society defend the requeté tradition, at times heated public controversies ensue.
caption: Vilalba dels Arcs, vandalized cross honoring the fallen requeté
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