The book sets out an historical tour of the city linked to the tasks conducted by the governments of the Francoist representatives that ruled it in the last years of the regime.

Using unpublished documentation, the book reconstructs the biography and the main milestones of the municipal work of Miguel Ramón Izquierdo, Vicente López Rosat or Adolfo Rincón de Arellano. What led them to take certain decisions that have shaped the history of the city in subsequent eras? What was their role in the transition towards democracy? How were relationships with their fellow citizens?

Ruling the city became a priority for Francoism in aspects such as urbanism, the increasing importance of neighbourhood associations or the management of celebrations and civic commemorations. A political task that, thanks to this book, will allow us to understand the long duration of the dictatorship and the social bases on which it was settled.

Juan Carlos Colomer Rubio (Valencia, 1984) is doctor in History by the Universidad de Valencia. He has an Interuniversity Master’s Degree in Contemporary History and a Master’s Degree of Research in Specific Didactics. He has been a FPU grantee (university professor training grant holder) of the Ministry of Education in the Department of Contemporary History of the Universitat de València. He specialised in recent history. His publications have addressed the institutional aspects of Francoism. Particularly, he has carried out numerous articles and research projects in the municipal context. He has participated in several research projects linked to this theme. Currently, he is a professor of the Department of Experimental and Social Sciences Teaching of the Universitat de València.