Evangelino Taboada, the sidereal watchmaker retaliated under Franco for being a communist

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A singular man and ahead of his time, the Galician Tesla suffered repression during the civil war and dictatorship.

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Evangelino Taboada, the sidereal watchmaker retaliated under Franco for being a communist

There are men for whom time does not pass despite the cruel mechanism of oblivion. The Franco regime silenced the ticking of Evangelino Taboadabut their watches continue to accurately mark the biographical milestones of a singular character ahead of his time. While everyone looked towards the sun, he observed the movement of the stars, hence his most applauded creation was a sidereal clock which still continues to tell time today at the Astronom…