Valle de los Caídos II (Cuelgamuros), Madrid, 1.4.1959, rainwater flows through fissures in the rock, leaving part of the common graves in a deplorable state with piles of boxes with bones falling apart.San Andrés, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. After the coup on 18.7.1936, prisoners were thrown to the bottom of the sea in tied sacks with stones.
Valle de los Caídos III (Cuelgamuros), Madrid, inaugurated on 1.4.1959, the basilica built with the work of political prisoners contains the remains of 33,833 people.
The Basilica of the Valley of the Fallen is the largest mass grave in Spain. It contains the remains of 33,833 people, among which are the fascist leader of the Spanish Falange José Antonio Primo de Rivera, the dictator Francisco Franco and 12,410 unidentified republicans killed by the former and transferred without permission or knowledge of their families. The monument was built for the heroes of Francoism with the work of political prisoners and was inaugurated on 1 April 1959.
