The commemorative monument as a historical-critical device.

Problematic as a result of the application of the Laws of Historical Memory, Historical Memory of the Canary Islands and Democratic Memory

Abstract

This article traces the influences that both the Law of Historical Memory (LMH) exer- cised as the Law of Historical Memory of the Canary Islands (LMHCan) and the Law of Democratic Memory (LMD) (Law 52/2007, Law 5/2018 and Law 20/2022) implement on the Law of Spanish Historical Heritage (LPHE) and the Law of Cultural Heritage of the Canary Islands (LPCCan) (Law 16/1985 and Law 11/2019) regarding the conception of the memorial monument that, as a result, assumes the condition of problematic heritage in those cases where, due to its historical significance, activates the reasons for removal and relocation. As a result, there is a process of redistribution and reduction in the axiological heritage hierarchy that leads to the establishment of a paradigm of myopic interpretation of the monument that we have divided into three moments. It is proposed, under an exegesis that attends to the complexity of the figure of the monument, neither removal nor relocation in favor of the same objectives that the memorial laws defend.