HISTORICAL MEMORY
The project 'La base y la cruz' has won the contest to give another meaning to the Valley of the Fallen
According to the jury, the project offers a "new vision" of the monumental ensemble and its surroundings, giving way to the meeting and dialogue Nature has acquired great importance in the new space.
The project 'La base y la cruz' has won the contestto give a new meaning to the Franco monument of the Cuelgamuros Valley (formerly the Valley of the Fallen) in Madrid. Under the Law of Democratic Memory, the Spanish Government launched the international competition.
In a media appearance today, the winner was announced by the General Secretary of the Urban Agenda Ministry, Iñaqui Butnicero, who, in his words, has been chosen by the jury as a "bold" proposal. "A great gap" has explained that the Cuelgamuros Valley will be "transformed" into a space of "dialogue and diversity" .
He has specified that"nature will be of vital importance "and that the" axiality "of the monument will be" broken. "More than one" vision "will come together in the new space." It will offer a more democratic and pluralistic vision, "he said.
The Spanish Government announced that it will allocate EUR 30 million to a new project.
Today, 33,000 victims of both sides of the Civil War are buried in the valley. In the main basilica were buried the dictator Francisco Franco and the founder of the Falange, José Antonio Primo de Rivera, but in 2019 and 2023, respectively, their bodies were exhumed on the basis of the Historical Heritage Act.
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