Tag: valley of the fallen
12 mass graves of Civil War victims that are being excavated in Spain right now
WITH news this week that the government of Spain has started the process to open up the Valley of The Fallen crypts containing the remains...
Valley of the Fallen: How archaelogists are planning a massive dig at Franco’s legacy
A NEW look at the lives of the prisoners who built the Valley of Fallen aims to give it a more acceptable spin, writes...
Spain set to exhume Franco victims from controversial Valley of the Fallen and return them to relatives for burial
SPAIN'S government is set to approve an immediate €650,000 of funding to exhume and identify victims of the country's Civil War that were buried...
Historical memory: Barcelona university enlisted to document Spain’s Valley of the Fallen victims
FAMILIES of the victims buried at the Valley of the Fallen will soon receive information on their loved ones thanks to a new collaboration...
Franco sympathisers gather at Valley of the Fallen amid tight security as Spain’s former dictator Francisco Franco is exhumed
The exhumation has been fiercely criticised by Franco sympathisers and far-right party Vox.
Monks say Spain’s government can’t exhume dictator Franco’s body because he is buried in ‘sacred place’
The Abbey of the Valley of the Fallen sits on ground under which Franco is buried.
Spain’s Government SEIZES former dictator General Franco’s €5 million summer palace over its ‘fraudulent’ sale
It comes as Pedro Sanchez’s PSOE administration has pushed on with a plan to exhume the remains of the Fascist dictator
Spain’s Supreme Court blocks reburial of General Franco just days before body due to be dug up
The arguments of his family against removing him from the Valley of the Fallen rested on the ‘irreparable’ damage it would cause
Secret grave of Franco victims discovered in Madrid cemetery
Thousand of people were shot in Madrid by Franco’s regime following the end of the civil war, the 80th anniversary of which is marked this year
Pope backs Spain plan to dig up General Franco grave
The Pope's right hand man has written to Spain´s deputy Prime Minister to lend support for moving former dictator´s remains
Police foil Franco supporter’s plot to assassinate Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
The 63-year-old painted himself as a martyr, writing in the WhatsApp group, 'I am willing to sacrifice myself for Spain'
WATCH: Man defaces General Franco’s tomb in Madrid with red paint and is dragged away by security guards
The protest was sparked by growing tension surrounding the planned exhumation of the remains of General Franco from the Valley of the Fallen
DIVIDED: Experts and locals on digging up dictator Franco from the Valley of the Fallen in special Olive Press...
Spain is a country still divided between those nostalgic for the Franco days and those who abhorred El Generalisimo
General Franco’s body will be exhumed thanks to Spain government decree being signed TODAY
SPAIN will pass a decree today signing off on the exhumation General Franco's body. It comes after new PSOE prime minister made the removal of...
Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez promises to exhume the remains of General Franco
The controversial site has faced huge criticism for being the only remaining monument dedicated to a fascist leader in Europe
Work begins in Spain to exhume bodies of victims from Spanish Civil War
Experts arrived on Monday at the Valley of the Fallen which holds the remains of over 30,000 people from both sides of the civil war
Spanish parliament votes to exhume Franco’s remains
Opposition parties on the left and centre backed a motion 198 votes to one to remove the fascist dictator out of state-funded mausoleum Valle de los Caidos
PSOE bid to have dead dictator Franco’s body removed from Madrid’s Valley of the Fallen
The main opposition party’s motion will be debated in parliament
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