Valle de los Caidos

This is the valley that Valle de los Caidos overlooks. Pretty beautiful.

The outside. It doesn't really show how big this place is.

This cross is actually huge. You can't really see that from this picture. But it is enormous.

Well, I can't figure out how to add accents, so you will all have to do without. Our next stop after Madrid was the Valle de los Caidos (valley of the fallen). This monument was ordered to be built by Francisco Franco as a remembrance of all the supporters of Franco who died in the Spanish Civil War. The monument is absolutely huge. Pictures don't show the enormity of this place. Inside, is a cathedral and the final resting place of Primo de Rivera and Franco. The inside is beautiful. There are angels in the four corners of the cathedral, but its interesting because the angels are very dark and almost threatening. They look more like demons than angels. It was very beautiful, but it wasn't a happy place.