With little fanfare and no Franco, Spain's Valley of the Fallen reopens


  • World
  • Wednesday, 30 Oct 2019

MADRID (Reuters) - Visitors ranging from curious to nostalgic took in the new look of Spain's Civil War shrine in the Valley of the Fallen, as it reopened on Tuesday five days after the government exhumed the remains of fascist dictator Francisco Franco from the mausoleum.

A black marble slab, noticeably darker than its neighbours, covered the spot in the main basilica which once enclosed the tomb of the general whose name still divides opinion in Spain.

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