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For any copyright, please send me a message. General Francisco Franco's remains will be exhumed from his colossal mausoleum against his family's wishes after their appeal was quashed today at the Supreme Court. Justices rejected the Franco relatives' appeal against the Socialist government's plan to remove the body from the Valley of the Fallen, built on the outskirts of Madrid.Pedro Sanchez's caretaker government want the remains moved to the family tomb at Mingorrubio El Pardo, a more discreet location close to Madrid.Franco ruled Spain with an iron first after victory in the civil war in 1939 until his death in 1975. He remains a contentious political touchstone in Spain and the tomb is considered to be a shrine for fascists. Share this article Share The Socialists have long sought to turn the Valley of the Fallen into a memorial to victims of the civil war, unleashed by Franco, in which about 500,000 people were killed. Nearly 34,000 dead from the civil war are buried there, including many who fought for the losing Republican side and whose bodies were transferred to the site during Franco's dictatorship without the permission of families.'The fourth section of the third chamber has unanimously agreed to dismiss in its entirety the appeal filed by the family of Francisco Franco in relation to the exhumation of Francisco Franco agreed on by the government,' the court statement said.Franco's family had appealed both against exhuming his remains and against the government's plans to move them to the El Pardo cemetery.Were his remains to be moved, they wanted them to go to the Almudena Roman Catholic Cathedral adjacent to the Royal Palace in central Madrid, alongside his daughter. A government report said last December that the Almudena cathedral, located right in the centre of Madrid not far from the royal palace, was unsuitable as a burial place for security reasons. 'I hope the judges deliver justice ... justice over a murderer who killed so many,' 79-year old retiree Jose Lopez, had said before the ruling was announced, tears springing to his eyes as he spoke while waiting outside the Supreme Court.His father lost a brother in the war. THE RISE OF GENERAL FRANCISCO FRANCO AND FASCIST SPAIN The Spanish Civil War is considered a watershed moment in 20th century European history because it tipped the balance of power in favour of the Fascist movement.In 1929 the military dictatorship that had been ruling Spain collapsed. Two years later the King of Spain abdicated when the left-wing Republicans came to power.It set in motion a bitter battle for power that was to be played out in the deeply divided country over the next seven years. When the army rebelled in 1936, the country slipped into all out civi
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