Valle de los Caídos monument

GPTKB entity

Statements (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:monument
gptkbp:architect gptkb:Diego_Méndez
gptkb:Pedro_Muguruza
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Francisco_Franco
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Francisco_Franco
gptkb:José_Antonio_Primo_de_Rivera
over 33,000 combatants from both sides of the Spanish Civil War
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1940
gptkbp:contains gptkb:cemetery
gptkb:Basilica_of_the_Holy_Cross
gptkb:Benedictine_Abbey
the tallest memorial cross in the world
gptkbp:controversy site of political and historical debate in Spain
gptkbp:country gptkb:Spain
gptkbp:distanceFromLondon about 50 km northwest
gptkbp:features gptkb:parade
monumental cross
statues of the cardinal virtues
statues of the four evangelists
underground basilica carved into the mountain
gptkbp:FrancoExhumedYear 2019
gptkbp:heightOfCross 150 meters
gptkbp:lengthOfBasilica 262 meters
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Community_of_Madrid
gptkb:San_Lorenzo_de_El_Escorial
gptkbp:managedBy gptkb:Patrimonio_Nacional
gptkbp:officialName Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos
gptkbp:openToPublic yes
gptkbp:ownedBy gptkb:Spanish_State
gptkbp:purpose memorial for those who died during the Spanish Civil War
gptkbp:religiousAffiliation gptkb:Roman_Catholic
gptkbp:startYear 1959
gptkbp:style gptkb:Spanish_Baroque
gptkbp:touristAttraction yes
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite not listed
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Francoist_Spain_(Movimiento_Nacional)
gptkb:Spanish_Civil_War_aftermath
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Valle de los Caídos monument

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