According to the Guardian:
The empty space…has become a focal point across Spain after the newly elected leftist government in the city took down the bronze bust of former king Juan Carlos…
The bust was removed as part of a review of royalist symbols in Barcelona’s municipal buildings and across the city, said Gerardo Pisarello, Barcelona’s deputy mayor.
On Friday, Alberto Fernández Díaz, head of the conservative People’s party bloc at the city council, rushed to put up a portrait of King Felipe VI in the empty spot in Barcelona’s main chamber.
Minutes later, the portrait was quietly taken down by Pisarello.
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