Qualla: Exhumation and Reburial of Francisco Franco https://qualla.com/exhumation-and-reburial-of-francisco-franco en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:18 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Exhumation and Reburial of Francisco Franco https://qualla.com/exhumation-and-reburial-of-francisco-franco Exhumation and Reburial of Francisco Franco: Introduction https://qualla.com/exhumation-and-reburial-of-francisco-franco/ Let the dead bury the dead. That was the biblical quotation a senator from Spain's conservative Popular Party used in 2012 to argue against exhuming Francisco Franco from the Valley of the Fallen, the monumental basilica cut into a mountainside northwest of Madrid where the dictator had lain since 1975. The senator's point was that Spain had more pressing problems -- an economic crisis, unemployment -- than reopening the wounds of history. But the dead, as it turned out, would not stay buried. For eight years, from the first formal recommendation in 2011 to the actual exhumation on October 24, 2019, Franco's remains became the most politically contentious corpse in Europe.

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/z/j/p/exhumation-and-reburial-of-francisco-franco-wp/ezjp-exhumation-and-reburial-of-francisco-franco-a-monument-built-by-the-defeated.mp3 0:06 2 full Exhumation and Reburial of Francisco Franco: The Long Parliamentary Argument https://qualla.com/exhumation-and-reburial-of-francisco-franco/ In 2011, an Expert Commission formed under Prime Minister Zapatero's government recommended removing Franco's remains, arguing that someone who did not die in the Civil War should not occupy the monument's most honored position. The recommendation came nine days after the conserv...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/z/j/p/exhumation-and-reburial-of-francisco-franco-wp/ezjp-exhumation-and-reburial-of-francisco-franco-the-long-parliamentary-argument.mp3 0:06 3 full Exhumation and Reburial of Francisco Franco: The Helicopter and the Hearse https://qualla.com/exhumation-and-reburial-of-francisco-franco/ The impasse broke in June 2018 when Pedro Sanchez became prime minister after a successful no-confidence vote against Rajoy. Sanchez announced his intention to exhume Franco, but with only 85 deputies in a parliament of 350, he needed coalition support and a legal path through th...

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