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Monuments: El Valle de los Caidos
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The Valley of the Fallen is Colonel Franco's tomb. He ordered its construction as a monument to the memory of those who fell in the Spanish Civil War and the hall built inside the mountain now hosts his tomb. The place is massive, as it contains an abbey, gardens and the hall itself. The hill can be seen from far away as it is topped by a cross more than a 150 metres tall, the tallest cross in the world. Because of its beauty as well as the controversy around its creation and the fact that it is now the resting place of one of the European dictators, the Valle of the Caidos should be a stop for the history-loving tourist.
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