Basilica of the Holy Cross of the Valley of the Fallen

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Basilica_of_the_Holy_Cross_of_the_Valley_of_the_Fallen
GPTKB entity
Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Catholic Church
cathedral
gptkbp:architect gptkb:Diego_Méndez
gptkb:Pedro_Muguruza
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Francoist_Spain
gptkbp:consecrationDate 1959
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1940
1958
gptkbp:contains remains of thousands of Civil War victims
tomb of Francisco Franco (until 2019)
tomb of José Antonio Primo de Rivera
gptkbp:country gptkb:Spain
gptkbp:crossHeight 150 meters
gptkbp:crossMaterial concrete
gptkbp:crossVisibleFrom over 40 km
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Holy_Cross
gptkbp:features underground church
adjacent to a monumental cross
largest basilica in Spain
gptkbp:height 115 meters (main nave)
gptkbp:heritageDesignation gptkb:Bien_de_Interés_Cultural_(Spain)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Basilica of the Holy Cross of the Valley of the Fallen
gptkbp:length 262 meters
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Community_of_Madrid
gptkb:San_Lorenzo_de_El_Escorial
gptkbp:location gptkb:Valley_of_the_Fallen
gptkbp:managedBy gptkb:Benedictine
gptkbp:material granite
gptkbp:notableEvent exhumation of Francisco Franco (2019)
gptkbp:notableFor controversial historical significance
largest Christian cross in the world
gptkbp:openToPublic yes
gptkbp:owner gptkb:Patrimonio_Nacional
gptkbp:partOf Valley of the Fallen monument
gptkbp:purpose memorial for those who died during the Spanish Civil War
gptkbp:religiousAffiliation gptkb:Roman_Catholic
gptkbp:style 20th-century Spanish architecture
gptkbp:underground true
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite no
gptkbp:width 41 meters
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Valle_de_Cuelgamuros
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7