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Around 200 people hold a procession in Madrid for Lorca

The march commemorated the 90th anniversary of García Lorca's execution and began at Retiro Park.

18 August 2026Tagblick Newsdesk

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Archive photo: Around 200 people hold a procession in Madrid for Lorca — Archive photoPhoto: Joe Mabel · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

More than 200 people participated in a procession in Madrid to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the execution of poet Federico García Lorca. The march started at the Palacio de Velázquez, located in Retiro Park.

During the event, a group of actors dressed in rainbow colors simulated a 'theft' of the Lorca sculpture from the 'La Perla Peregrina' exhibition, in an act described as a 'secular pilgrimage.'

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