Mini Valle de los Caídos (Valley of the Fallen), Spain

[eutx9795]

El Valle de los Caídos (The Valley of the Fallen) is a Catholic basilica (the Holy Cross basilica in the Valley of the Fallen), an abbey (the Holy Cross abbey in the Valley of the Fallen) and a monumental complex. It is located in the Cuelgamuros valley of the Guadarrama mountain range, in the municipality of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Community of Madrid, Spain, 9.5 kilometres north of the monastery of El Escorial. It was built mainly with the labour of Republican political prisoners, and also some workers hired between 1940 and 1958

The architects Pedro Muguruza and Diego Méndez participated in its design; the sculptures are by Juan de Ávalos and Taborda, among others. The cross is 150 metres high and has arms of 24 metres each.

The complex has belonged to the National Heritage since it was opened to the public on April 1st, 1959. Since 1990 the number of visitors varies between 150,000 and 500,000 per year.

The national-catholic dictator Francisco Franco, ordered its construction and that José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the fascist party Falange Española, and combatants in the Civil War, the republican side and the rebel side, were buried there. There is no separation between the two sides, they are intermingled. With the official remains of 33 847 different people, and described as the "largest common grave in Spain", according to a source in the Valley included in an article published in El País in 2008, the exhumation of corpses would be impossible, given that they would have ended up forming part of the very structure of the building, having been used to fill in internal cavities in the crypts, and that, due to the effect of humidity, they would have ended up forming an "indissoluble collective corpse". CSIC tests in 2018 confirm this.

A partial restoration was completed in 2012. In 2018 visits increased by 103 % and reached more than 4000 per weekend on the occasion of the announcement of the possible (at that time) exhumation of Franco's remains. This exhumation took place on 24 October 2019. The remains of the former dictator were moved to the Mingorrubio cemetery, together with those of his widow Carmen Polo, thus complying with the Law of Historical Memory.

Source: Valle de los Caídos - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

 

[miniflyer]

Thanks for the history and the video.

I enjoyed your flying.

 

[eutx9795]

Thanks for the history and the video.

I enjoyed your flying.

My pleasure!

 

[Jack43]

Hi Rafa, finally you are back!? And I enjoyed it very much to watch your fantastic video. Amazing smooth shots as always. Thans for the additional very interesting infos about the story of the valley of the fallen!
compliments for this entertaining video! ?
cheers Paul

 

[Brian I]

A stunning video of an incredibly controversial site.

 

[eutx9795]

Hi Rafa, finally you are back![emoji6] And I enjoyed it very much to watch your fantastic video. Amazing smooth shots as always. Thans for the additional very interesting infos about the story of the valley of the fallen!
compliments for this entertaining video! [emoji106]
cheers Paul

I've been too much busy these days

Thanks for so nice comment!!

 

[Vue D’Oiseau]

El Valle de los Caídos (The Valley of the Fallen) is a Catholic basilica (the Holy Cross basilica in the Valley of the Fallen), an abbey (the Holy Cross abbey in the Valley of the Fallen) and a monumental complex. It is located in the Cuelgamuros valley of the Guadarrama mountain range, in the municipality of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Community of Madrid, Spain, 9.5 kilometres north of the monastery of El Escorial. It was built mainly with the labour of Republican political prisoners, and also some workers hired between 1940 and 1958

The architects Pedro Muguruza and Diego Méndez participated in its design; the sculptures are by Juan de Ávalos and Taborda, among others. The cross is 150 metres high and has arms of 24 metres each.

The complex has belonged to the National Heritage since it was opened to the public on April 1st, 1959. Since 1990 the number of visitors varies between 150,000 and 500,000 per year.

The national-catholic dictator Francisco Franco, ordered its construction and that José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the fascist party Falange Española, and combatants in the Civil War, the republican side and the rebel side, were buried there. There is no separation between the two sides, they are intermingled. With the official remains of 33 847 different people, and described as the "largest common grave in Spain", according to a source in the Valley included in an article published in El País in 2008, the exhumation of corpses would be impossible, given that they would have ended up forming part of the very structure of the building, having been used to fill in internal cavities in the crypts, and that, due to the effect of humidity, they would have ended up forming an "indissoluble collective corpse". CSIC tests in 2018 confirm this.

A partial restoration was completed in 2012. In 2018 visits increased by 103 % and reached more than 4000 per weekend on the occasion of the announcement of the possible (at that time) exhumation of Franco's remains. This exhumation took place on 24 October 2019. The remains of the former dictator were moved to the Mingorrubio cemetery, together with those of his widow Carmen Polo, thus complying with the Law of Historical Memory.

Source: Valle de los Caídos - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

Excellent video, right length and good soundtrack

 

[Dale D]

El Valle de los Caídos (The Valley of the Fallen) is a Catholic basilica (the Holy Cross basilica in the Valley of the Fallen), an abbey (the Holy Cross abbey in the Valley of the Fallen) and a monumental complex. It is located in the Cuelgamuros valley of the Guadarrama mountain range, in the municipality of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Community of Madrid, Spain, 9.5 kilometres north of the monastery of El Escorial. It was built mainly with the labour of Republican political prisoners, and also some workers hired between 1940 and 1958

The architects Pedro Muguruza and Diego Méndez participated in its design; the sculptures are by Juan de Ávalos and Taborda, among others. The cross is 150 metres high and has arms of 24 metres each.

The complex has belonged to the National Heritage since it was opened to the public on April 1st, 1959. Since 1990 the number of visitors varies between 150,000 and 500,000 per year.

The national-catholic dictator Francisco Franco, ordered its construction and that José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the fascist party Falange Española, and combatants in the Civil War, the republican side and the rebel side, were buried there. There is no separation between the two sides, they are intermingled. With the official remains of 33 847 different people, and described as the "largest common grave in Spain", according to a source in the Valley included in an article published in El País in 2008, the exhumation of corpses would be impossible, given that they would have ended up forming part of the very structure of the building, having been used to fill in internal cavities in the crypts, and that, due to the effect of humidity, they would have ended up forming an "indissoluble collective corpse". CSIC tests in 2018 confirm this.

A partial restoration was completed in 2012. In 2018 visits increased by 103 % and reached more than 4000 per weekend on the occasion of the announcement of the possible (at that time) exhumation of Franco's remains. This exhumation took place on 24 October 2019. The remains of the former dictator were moved to the Mingorrubio cemetery, together with those of his widow Carmen Polo, thus complying with the Law of Historical Memory.

Source: Valle de los Caídos - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

That was a really nice video! Loved the circling, the slow easy movements, various depictions of scenes, nice music and editing.

Dale
Miami

 

[eutx9795]

A stunning video of an incredibly controversial site.

Yes, the place is more than controversial. I have shoot this place for its architectural and natural beauty, not as any kind of tribute to somebody or political ideology.

Thannks for so nice comment!!

 

[lowellton]

El Valle de los Caídos (The Valley of the Fallen) is a Catholic basilica (the Holy Cross basilica in the Valley of the Fallen), an abbey (the Holy Cross abbey in the Valley of the Fallen) and a monumental complex. It is located in the Cuelgamuros valley of the Guadarrama mountain range, in the municipality of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Community of Madrid, Spain, 9.5 kilometres north of the monastery of El Escorial. It was built mainly with the labour of Republican political prisoners, and also some workers hired between 1940 and 1958

The architects Pedro Muguruza and Diego Méndez participated in its design; the sculptures are by Juan de Ávalos and Taborda, among others. The cross is 150 metres high and has arms of 24 metres each.

The complex has belonged to the National Heritage since it was opened to the public on April 1st, 1959. Since 1990 the number of visitors varies between 150,000 and 500,000 per year.

The national-catholic dictator Francisco Franco, ordered its construction and that José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the fascist party Falange Española, and combatants in the Civil War, the republican side and the rebel side, were buried there. There is no separation between the two sides, they are intermingled. With the official remains of 33 847 different people, and described as the "largest common grave in Spain", according to a source in the Valley included in an article published in El País in 2008, the exhumation of corpses would be impossible, given that they would have ended up forming part of the very structure of the building, having been used to fill in internal cavities in the crypts, and that, due to the effect of humidity, they would have ended up forming an "indissoluble collective corpse". CSIC tests in 2018 confirm this.

A partial restoration was completed in 2012. In 2018 visits increased by 103 % and reached more than 4000 per weekend on the occasion of the announcement of the possible (at that time) exhumation of Franco's remains. This exhumation took place on 24 October 2019. The remains of the former dictator were moved to the Mingorrubio cemetery, together with those of his widow Carmen Polo, thus complying with the Law of Historical Memory.

Source: Valle de los Caídos - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

Wow did you use any filters? Gracias

 

[eutx9795]

Wow did you use any filters? Gracias

The video is shot with two drones (Mavic 2 Pro & Mavic Mini 2): one with a gradient ND polarized filter and the other one without any filter. Can you tell which drone shoot which scene?

 

[eutx9795]

Excellent video, right length and good soundtrack

Thanks! I thought it had no sense to continue showing the same of the place

 

[Jack43]

I've been too much busy these days

Thanks for so nice comment!!

you´r welcome Rafa ? How about snow where you live?

 

[eutx9795]

That was a really nice video! Loved the circling, the slow easy movements, various depictions of scenes, nice music and editing.

Dale
Miami

Thank you! I think what you are describing is the style of my latest videos

 

[eutx9795]

you´r welcome Rafa [emoji6] How about snow where you live?

Beautiful but crazy!! We are not prepared for so much snow, removing it and such low temperatures

 

[Jack43]

Beautiful but crazy!! We are not prepared for so much snow, removing it and such low temperatures

I can imagine Rafa! It´s not easy for people which has no winter tires or snow showls and other winter equipment! ?