Spain rules in favour of moving Franco's remains

The long-awaited ruling on the government's plans to remove Francisco Franco's remains from the mausoleum came after more than a year of bitter dispute between Madrid and Franco's descendants.

Inaugurated by Franco on 1 April 1959, the imposing monument known as the Valle de los Caidos is carved into a granite mountain face in a tranquil area of pine trees, just 50km north of Madrid.The vast complex is topped by a 150-metre-high cross weighing nearly 200,000 tonnes that can be seen from miles away.

Franco, whose Nationalist forces defeated the Republicans in the war, ordered the construction of the site in 1940, calling it an attempt at "reconciliation" for all Spaniards. The families of the fallen Republicans were never told about their remains being transferred to the site.

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