%0 Journal Article %A Fuentes Vega, Alicia %T Cultural narratives of Charles V and Spanish imaginaries in West Germany during the Franco dictatorship %D 2024 %U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/104451 %X This article aims to contribute to research on the international relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and Spain after World War II, when the Franco dictatorship experienced a process of rehabilitation. In order to gain a better understanding of this phenomenon, we need to complement existing studies on the history of diplomatic relations with approaches to the sphere of cultural imaginaries. This article, intended as a particular case study, analyzes the resignification of Francoism in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) via the heritage and tourist narratives associated with one historical figure shared by both nations: Charles V. %~