Fernando Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja to be amputated without anaesthesia due to the scarcity of resources available at their position and he succumbed shortly after to gangrene. For his actions in battle, Primo de Rivera was commended for the Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand, awarded posthumously in 1923. Fernando Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja Fernando Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja (Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz) 30 July 1879 - Mount Arruit, Morocco, 5 August 1921) was a Spanish soldier, brother of the dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja and uncle of Falange’s founder José Antonio Primo de Rivera. He entered the Cavalry School in
Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes Later on, after the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed in 1931, it was again renamed as "Corts Catalanes". With the Francoist victory after the Civil War, its name was changed to "Avenida de José Antonio Primo de Rivera" in 1939. With the restoration of democracy, its name became "Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes" in 1979. The first line in the Barcelona metro system, built in the 1920s under the name "Gran Metro", covered the distance between Plaça Catalunya and Plaça Espanya, which is nowadays part of Line 1. There are several metro stations located on Gran Via nowadays. Lines