When he died in 1975, Franco was buried in the mausoleum of Valle of Caídos. Conceived as an expansion of himself, this true architectural work to the glory of National Catholicism gathers all the stigmas of Franco's rule. It is also the largest mass grave in the country, with more than 30,000 bodies, the majority belonging to Franco's side and the remaining third from the Republican side. This division between the dead of the opposing camps was supposed to symbolize the great project of national reconciliation. However, in 2019, when the government voted to move the dictator to a more modest mausoleum, the controversy raged and the camps clashed.
