"EXHUMATION OF CIVIL WAR DEAD FROM SPAIN’S VALLEY OF CUELGAMUROS BEGINS. Scientists aim to analyse remains of 128 people recovered from basilica where thousands were buried" by Sam Jones.

"Forensic scientists are beginning efforts to exhume the remains of 128 people from the huge basilica outside Madrid where 34,000 dead from both sides of the Spanish civil war were buried, and where the body of Gen Francisco Franco also lay for almost half a century.

The exhumations at the Valley of Cuelgamuros – known until last year as the Valley of the Fallen – come after the families of some of those interred there spent almost two decades fighting for their loved ones to receive a dignified burial".

#History #Cuelgamuros #Memory #Spain #SpanishCivilWar #Heritage #CulturalHeritage #War #Exhumation

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@histodons
@Denying_History
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@politicaltheory

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/12/exhumation-of-civil-war-dead-from-spain-valley-of-cuelgamuros-begins

Trasferita la salma del fascista Primo de Rivera.

#Cuelgamuros #PrimodeRivera #fascismi

https://www.brennerbasisdemokratie.eu/?p=78016

Por fin el sitio histórico de #Cuelgamuros (anterior Valle de los caídos) libre de fascistas, siempre estará el recuerdo de cómo se construyó y para q se utilizó pero hoy al menos no alberga ningún dictador 🌹#MemoriaDemocratica

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ClaraAguilera7/status/1650731974871351297

Cuando me sienta un mal padre recordaré que #IsaacRosa se ha llevado a su hija un sábado a #Cuelgamuros (antiguo #ValleDeLosCaídos) para escribir un artículo.

Political artefacts, aesthetics and heritage: the Valley of the Fallen
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/UDFXT7JMIWFAYNY4RRMN/full?target=10.1080/13527258.2019.1620834
#Politics #Heritage #ValleDeLos Caídos #ValleyOfTheFallen #Aesthetics #Cuelgamuros #Resignification #PoliticalArtefacts