The following is a list of events in which convents in Spain were burned.
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Burning of convents during the French invasion as planned or spontaneous actions of the
French army during the
Peninsular War
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Burning of convents in Spain (1835), during the
First Carlist War and subsequent
ecclesiastical confiscations of Mendizábal.
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Burning of convents in Spain (1902)
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Burning of convents in Spain (1909), during the
Tragic Week in Catalonia
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Burning of convents in Spain (1931), a month after the establishment of the
Second Spanish Republic
* Burning of convents during the anticlerical violence of the
Revolution of 1934
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Burning of convents in Spain (1936), in the months preceding the
Spanish Civil War
Despite these events, Spain still holds a large amount of architectural heritage, being the country with the third most
UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
See also
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1834 massacre of friars in Madrid
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Spanish confiscation
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Ensanche
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List of missing landmarks in Spain
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Church arson
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