El Castellano

El Castellano was a Spanish newspaper published in Toledo between 1904 and 1936. Founded in 1904 as a weekly literary and educational publication, it changed frequency to biweekly in 1910 and became a daily in 1915, a format it kept until its disappearance on 20 July 1936, with issue no. 8,446 being the last known number. The paper was markedly regionalist in ideology and distributed in Castilian territory, which inspired its name. It was closely linked to the Catholic Church: Cardinal Sancha of Toledo is considered the real driving force behind the project, and for several phases the masthead indicated its Catholic orientation. Its first printer was "Imp. Viuda e hijos de J. Rodríguez"; from 1921 the "Editorial Católica Toledana" took charge. In 1933 the director was the canon Molina Nieto. During the Second Republic, El Castellano competed in Toledo with Heraldo de Toledo, each aligned with a different side, though El Castellano had greater circulation. The daily disappeared shortly before the start of the Spanish Civil War.

El Castellano was founded in 1904 in Toledo, Spain, first appearing as a weekly publication. Its first issue, no. 1, was published on 31 January 1904 and described itself on the masthead as a "Periódico semanal, literario y de enseñanza" (weekly, literary and educational newspaper), although over time it shifted its genre toward general information. It remained weekly until January 1910, when it became biweekly until April 1915. From that date it became a daily until its disappearance on 20 July 1936, with issue no. 8,446 being the last known number. Even in that final issue it still carried the line "LEA USTED MAÑANA El Castellano" and made no mention of the military uprising in Melilla that three days earlier had marked the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. In the 1930s its front page indicated the existence of "Dos ediciones diarias" (two daily editions). The newspaper was markedly regionalist in ideology and distributed in Castilian territory, which gave it its name. On the front page of issue no. 8284, dated 31 December 1935, it displayed the motto "Diario católico de información" (Catholic information daily). Cardinal Sancha of Toledo appears to have been the real driving force behind the project: the creation of a newspaper that would be a voice for the Church had been an obsession of his from the beginning of his archbishopric, and he achieved it, though only in Toledo, with this newspaper. During several phases the masthead indicated the paper's Catholic orientation. Its first printer was "Imp. Viuda e hijos de J. Rodríguez", changing to others until in 1921 the "Editorial Católica Toledana" took charge. In 1933 the director was the canon Molina Nieto. During the years of the Second Republic, two newspapers faced each other in Toledo, one aligned with each side: Heraldo de Toledo and El Castellano, although the latter had greater circulation. The daily disappeared shortly before the beginning of the Civil War.

• First issue (no. 1) published as a weekly literary and educational newspaper.

• Changed from weekly to biweekly publication.

• Changed from biweekly to daily publication.

• Editorial Católica Toledana took charge of printing/publishing.

• Canon Molina Nieto was director.

• Issue no. 8284 displayed the motto "Diario católico de información".

• Last known issue (no. 8,446) published; newspaper disappeared shortly before the Civil War.

Catholic, regionalist newspaper of Toledo and Castile

• El Castellano (weekly)

  Weekly literary and educational newspaper, 1904–1910.

• El Castellano (biweekly)

  Biweekly newspaper, 1910–1915.

• El Castellano (daily)

  Daily newspaper, 1915–1936, with two daily editions in the 1930s.

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