P1020055

SPAIN-MADRID-1012

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October 12th 2009
Valle De Los Caidos (Valley of the Fallen Soldiers) a monument dedicated to the Nationalist Fallen soldiers from the Spanish Civil war. Franco is interred there. Many Spanish think of it as a fascist monument, but they still visit it. It is a grand, massive, stony, very somber and austere monument, cropped and dug into the Guadarrama Sierra Mountains. The outside temperature was about 28 degrees ... read more

Europe » Spain » District of Madrid » Madrid

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more