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Valley of the Fallen

monument, Sierra de Guadarrama, Spain
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  • Francisco Franco
    Francisco Franco
    / Death and legacy

    …body was interred in the Valley of the Fallen, a massive mausoleum northwest of Madrid that houses the remains of tens of thousands of casualties from both sides of the Spanish Civil War. Almost immediately, Juan Carlos moved to dismantle the authoritarian institutions of Franco’s system and encouraged the revival…

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    …body was interred in the Valley of the Fallen, a massive mausoleum northwest of Madrid that houses the remains of tens of thousands of casualties from both sides of the Spanish Civil War. Almost immediately, Juan Carlos moved to dismantle the authoritarian institutions of Franco’s system and encouraged the revival…

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