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| Primo de Rivera: Spain to exhume fascist Falange leader | Primo de Rivera: Spain to exhume fascist Falange leader |
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| Republican prisoners of war were forced to build the memorial | Republican prisoners of war were forced to build the memorial |
| Spain is poised to exhume the remains of a fascist leader who inspired the Franco dictatorship. | |
| José Antonio Primo de Rivera founded the Falange movement and his remains lie at a giant mausoleum created by the former fascist regime outside Madrid. | José Antonio Primo de Rivera founded the Falange movement and his remains lie at a giant mausoleum created by the former fascist regime outside Madrid. |
| He was key to Gen Francisco Franco's uprising which triggered the 1936-1939 Spanish civil war. | He was key to Gen Francisco Franco's uprising which triggered the 1936-1939 Spanish civil war. |
| His body will be moved to Madrid's San Isidro cemetery - part of a government drive against symbols of fascism. | His body will be moved to Madrid's San Isidro cemetery - part of a government drive against symbols of fascism. |
| Prime de Rivera's grave is next to the altar at a basilica in the Valley of the Fallen - the Franco mausoleum now renamed Cuelgamuros Valley. | Prime de Rivera's grave is next to the altar at a basilica in the Valley of the Fallen - the Franco mausoleum now renamed Cuelgamuros Valley. |
| Franco's remains were removed from there in 2019, which angered far-right activists who still cherish his memory. | Franco's remains were removed from there in 2019, which angered far-right activists who still cherish his memory. |
| The basilica stands by a rock face topped by a giant cross - a landmark dominating the surrounding landscape. Anti-fascist Republican prisoners were forced to build the memorial. | The basilica stands by a rock face topped by a giant cross - a landmark dominating the surrounding landscape. Anti-fascist Republican prisoners were forced to build the memorial. |
| The reburial is part of the left-wing government's drive to stop veneration of the fascist civil war victory, or of the Franco dictatorship. | The reburial is part of the left-wing government's drive to stop veneration of the fascist civil war victory, or of the Franco dictatorship. |
| The mausoleum site is being converted into a memorial honouring all of the war's victims, not just the fascists. Many leftist Republican victims were buried in unmarked mass graves, and many relatives are still trying to locate them. | The mausoleum site is being converted into a memorial honouring all of the war's victims, not just the fascists. Many leftist Republican victims were buried in unmarked mass graves, and many relatives are still trying to locate them. |
| Primo de Rivera will be reburied near the graves of several of his family members. | Primo de Rivera will be reburied near the graves of several of his family members. |
| He was executed by a Republican firing squad in November 1936 in Alicante. Primo de Rivera was the son of dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera, who governed Spain from 1923-1930. | He was executed by a Republican firing squad in November 1936 in Alicante. Primo de Rivera was the son of dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera, who governed Spain from 1923-1930. |
| José Antonio Primo de Rivera addressing a Falangist Congress in 1935 | |
| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| Spain | Spain |
| Madrid | Madrid |
| Francisco Franco | Francisco Franco |