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title: Franco's tomb before the high altar, Valley of the Fallen (photograph, 2005)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/franco-tomb-valle-de-los-caidos-1975/
description: Photograph of the slab marking Franco's grave in the Basilica of the Valley of the Fallen, fenced by a red cord and carrying a posy of red and white…
section: Collection
---

[Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/)

**Content note:** Photograph of Franco's tomb in the basilica of the Valley of the Fallen, a monument built in part by prisoners' labour; its place in Spanish memory is disputed. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Franco's tomb before the high altar, Valley of the Fallen (photograph, 2005)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/franco-tomb-valle-de-los-caidos-1975.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/franco-tomb-valle-de-los-caidos-1975.jpg)

# Franco's tomb before the high altar, Valley of the Fallen (photograph, 2005)

Photograph of the slab marking Franco's grave in the Basilica of the Valley of the Fallen, fenced by a red cord and carrying a posy of red and white carnations, at the foot of the marble steps to the high altar. The tell: the head of state is buried in the sanctuary of a state basilica built for the dead of the civil war, so the church's sanctity and the war dead's sacrifice attach to him.

## Text on the object

Checked for printed text

[no text legible on the object]

No inscription is legible on the slab in this photograph.

[← "为革命实行计划生育" (Practise family planning for the revolution), Shanghai poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/family-planning-for-the-revolution-china-1975/) ["Да здравствует Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза!": rooftop slogan, Moscow →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/moscow-kpss-rooftop-slogan-1975/)

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