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Valley of the Fallen
Catholic basilica and a monumental memorial
The Valley of Cuelgamuros (Spanish: Valle de Cuelgamuros), commonly known as the Valley of the Fallen (Spanish: Valle de los Caídos), is a monument in the Sierra de Guadarrama, near Madrid.
The valley contains a Catholicbasilica and a monumental memorial in the municipality of San Lorenzo de El Escorial.[1][2] Dictator Francisco Franco ordered the construction of the monumental site in 1940; it was built from 1940 to 1958, and opened in 1959.[3] Franco said that the monument was intended as a "national act of atonement" and reconciliation.[4] The site served as Franco's burial place from his death in November 1975—although it was not originally intended that he be buried there—until his exhumation on 24 October 2019 following a long and controversial legal process due to moves to remove all public honoration of his dictatorship.
The monument, considered a landmark