IN THE SERVICE OF THE PROTECTORATE: SPAIN IN MOROCCO 1912-1956
From 18/12/2012 to 10/02/2013. Every day
Commissioner: Colonel Juan Ignacio Salafranca Álvarez.
This year 2012 marks the centenary of the signing of the treaty by which Spain and France committed themselves to promoting development
political, social, cultural, administrative and military of Morocco in their respective areas of influence, in the form of a protectorate, that is,
protecting and intervening in the political action and administration of the different elements that the Sultan's government was creating until it was in power.
conditions to assume their independence. The Spanish Army played a prominent role in the development of that protectorate.
Initially, he submitted to the authority of the Sultan the entire territory of his area of influence, which, until then, had been completely untouched by the Sultan.
all control. To do this, even before the signing of the treaty, it had to face a long war to first subdue the different
aspirants to the throne of the Sultan, then to the warlords of the different areas and, finally, to the self-proclaimed Republic of the Rif.
In parallel to this progressive pacification of the territory and the consequent creation of the social and administrative fabric of the country, the Army continued to
being an important factor, since the entire framework of the Administration was supervised by the auditors who, except for a few
On the other hand, the means and men of this army served as a basis for the development of the
The Moroccan nation's social network in areas as diverse as health, public works, education and the exploitation of natural resources.
For all these reasons, it seems pertinent to present, through this exhibition, the work of the Army as an institution and that of its men as part of the
of society, from the signing of the treaty establishing the Protectorate to the independence of Morocco, and even after
of this.