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The Valle de los Caídos (Spanish pronunciation: "Valley of the Fallen") is a Catholic basilica and a monumental memorial in the municipality of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, erected at Cuelgamuros Valley in the Sierra de Guadarrama, near Madrid, conceived by Spanish general Francisco Franco to honour and bury those who fell fighting for his "Glorious Crusade", during the Spanish Civil War. Franco claimedthat the monument was meant to be a "national act of atonement" and
reconciliation. The Valley of the Fallen, as a surviving monument of
Franco's rule, and its Catholic basilica remain controversial, in part
since 10% of the construction workforce consisted of convicts, some of
whom were Spanish Republican political prisoners.
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