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Regionalist League (in Catalan
Catalan language

Catalan is a Romance languages, the national language and official language of Andorra, and a official language in the Autonomous Communities of Spain of the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencian Community and in the city of Alghero in the Italy List of islands in the Mediterranean of Sardinia....
: Lliga Regionalista) was a political party of Catalonia
Catalonia

Catalonia , is an Autonomous Community in northeast Spain.Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km? and has an official population of 7,210,508. It borders France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west, the Valencian Community to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east ....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, that appeared thanks to the triumph of the candidacy of the "four presidents" in 1901. This candidacy was formed by Sebastià Torres, Albert Rusiñol, Bartomeu Robert and Lluís Domènech i Montaner
Lluís Domènech i Montaner

Llu?s Dom?nech i Montaner was a Spain Catalonia architect who was highly influential on Modernisme, the Catalonia Art Nouveau / Jugendstil movement....
.

It had a catalanist, conservative
Conservatism

Conservatism is a political and social term whose meaning has changed in different countries and time periods, but which usually indicates support for the status quo or the status quo ante....
, and monarchic ideology.

When the Republic
Second Spanish Republic

The Second Spanish Republic was the system of government in Spain between April 14 1931, when King of Spain Alfonso XIII of Spain left the country following local and municipal elections in which republican candidates won the majority of votes in urban areas and April 1 1939, when the last of the Republican forces surrendered to Nationalist...
 was established (1931), the Lliga accepted the new government, supported the first Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia
Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia

The Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia provides Catalonia's basic institutional regulations. It defines the rights and obligations of the citizens of Catalonia, Spain, the political institutions of the Catalan nationality, their competences and relations with the rest of Spain and the financing of the Government of Catalonia....
 and changed its name to Catalan League (Lliga Catalana).






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Regionalist League (in Catalan
Catalan language

Catalan is a Romance languages, the national language and official language of Andorra, and a official language in the Autonomous Communities of Spain of the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencian Community and in the city of Alghero in the Italy List of islands in the Mediterranean of Sardinia....
: Lliga Regionalista) was a political party of Catalonia
Catalonia

Catalonia , is an Autonomous Community in northeast Spain.Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km? and has an official population of 7,210,508. It borders France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west, the Valencian Community to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east ....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, that appeared thanks to the triumph of the candidacy of the "four presidents" in 1901. This candidacy was formed by Sebastià Torres, Albert Rusiñol, Bartomeu Robert and Lluís Domènech i Montaner
Lluís Domènech i Montaner

Llu?s Dom?nech i Montaner was a Spain Catalonia architect who was highly influential on Modernisme, the Catalonia Art Nouveau / Jugendstil movement....
.

It had a catalanist, conservative
Conservatism

Conservatism is a political and social term whose meaning has changed in different countries and time periods, but which usually indicates support for the status quo or the status quo ante....
, and monarchic ideology.

When the Republic
Second Spanish Republic

The Second Spanish Republic was the system of government in Spain between April 14 1931, when King of Spain Alfonso XIII of Spain left the country following local and municipal elections in which republican candidates won the majority of votes in urban areas and April 1 1939, when the last of the Republican forces surrendered to Nationalist...
 was established (1931), the Lliga accepted the new government, supported the first Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia
Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia

The Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia provides Catalonia's basic institutional regulations. It defines the rights and obligations of the citizens of Catalonia, Spain, the political institutions of the Catalan nationality, their competences and relations with the rest of Spain and the financing of the Government of Catalonia....
 and changed its name to Catalan League (Lliga Catalana). Although the Lliga did not support the rebellion of general Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco

Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Te?dulo Franco y Bahamonde, Salgado y Pardo de Andrade , commonly known as Francisco Franco or Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was the dictator and Head of State of Spain from October 1936, and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in 1975....
 in Morocco
Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....
 in 1936, a great part of its activists collaborated with Franco's cause.

Notable members of the party were Enric Prat de la Riba
Enric Prat de la Riba

Enric Prat de la Riba i Sarr? was a Catalan people politician. He became a member of the Centre Escolar Catalanista, where one of the earliest definitions of Catalanism was formulated....
, Francesc Cambó
Francesc Cambó

Francesc Camb? i Batlle 2 September, 1876 - 30 April, 1947 Argentina), was a Conservatism Principality of Catalonia politician, founder and leader of the autonomist party Lliga Regionalista....
 and Ramon d'Abadal i Calderó.

The Lliga's press organ was the newspaper La Veu de Catalunya (1899-1936).