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San Rafael Cemetery, Málaga (2020). After February 1937, the occupation of Málaga, 4,471 people were murdered here. The exhumation of 2,840 bodies in 2006 unearthed one of the biggest extermination sites of the Francoist repression in Spain.Castuera I (Concentration Camp), Badajoz (2016). Badajoz. This pedestal once carried a cross that presided over the main square of the camp. Between 8.000 and 9.000 prisoners (some studies claim as many as 20.000) were held here 1939-40.

Palacio de Congresos (former bullring), Badajoz (2016). On 14 August 1936 thousands had been rounded up here to be executed. In 2006, 70 years later, the bullring was demolished and replaced with the Badajoz Congress Centre.

After the conquest of Badajoz on 14.8.1936 the rebels sacked the city and murdered between 1,800 and 4,000 people. During the days of the massacre of Badajoz many were arrested and confined at the town's bullring, where either they were executed, or they waited until they were executed in the cemetery wall. In 2006 the bullring was demolished and replaced with the Badajoz Congress Centre.

14 August 2016
Palacio de Congresos (former bullring), Badajoz (2016). On 14 August 1936 thousands had been rounded up here to be executed. In 2006, 70 years later, the bullring was demolished and replaced with the Badajoz Congress Centre.

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