# Placa a Mercedes Formica

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Placa a Mercedes Formica stands in Málaga, honouring jurist, essayist and novelist Mercedes Formica. The marker occupies the façade of the former Hotel Casa del Monte. That building sits in La Caleta, a Málaga setting associated with Formica’s life and writing. She spent time there and wrote Monte de Sancha in this area.

Born in 1913, Formica advocated women’s rights during Spain’s Franco era. Her legal work helped reform several civil code articles in the 1950s. Those changes improved the legal position of married women at that time. Her novel Monte de Sancha explores Málaga’s early months during the Spanish Civil War. La Caleta also provides the setting for its love story.

The plaque belongs to Málaga Hace Historia, a city initiative marking places linked with influential figures. Málaga City Council created identical, recognisable markers for locations connected with the city’s history. The façade links Formica’s civil-code work with the hotel where Monte de Sancha took shape.

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