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El Valle de los Caídos: la ruina y sus evocaciones
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[spa] Nuestro propósito es reflexionar sobre el concepto de ruina y las evocaciones que suscita a partir de un espacio memorial como es el Valle de los Caídos, situado a pocos kilómetros de Madrid (España), que generó el pasado año 2019 una fuerte controversia política y social en el país. A partir de cuatro aproximaciones diferenciadas, pero que tienen su nexo de unión en el propio monumento heredado de la dictadura franquista, nos interrogamos sobre la relación entre memoria y espacialidad, así como sobre la configuración de un monumento de exaltación de la victoria de la guerra civil cuyas significaciones en el marco del actual sistema democrático son múltiples y contrapuestas, imposibilitando hacer de él un espacio de reconciliación entre los españoles.
[eng] Our aim is to reflect on the concept of ruin and the evocations it raises from a memorial space such as the Valle de los Caídos, located a few kilometres from Madrid (Spain), which generated last year, in 2019, a strong political and social controversy in the country. Starting from four different approaches, but which have their common grounds in the monument itself inherited from the Francoist dictatorship, we wondered about the relationship between memory and spatiality. As well as about the configuration of a monument of exaltation of the victory in the Civil War whose meanings within the current democratic system are multiple and opposed, making impossible to transform it into a space for reconciliation between the Spaniards.
[eng] Our aim is to reflect on the concept of ruin and the evocations it raises from a memorial space such as the Valle de los Caídos, located a few kilometres from Madrid (Spain), which generated last year, in 2019, a strong political and social controversy in the country. Starting from four different approaches, but which have their common grounds in the monument itself inherited from the Francoist dictatorship, we wondered about the relationship between memory and spatiality. As well as about the configuration of a monument of exaltation of the victory in the Civil War whose meanings within the current democratic system are multiple and opposed, making impossible to transform it into a space for reconciliation between the Spaniards.
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TÉBAR HURTADO, Javier. El Valle de los Caídos: la ruina y sus evocaciones. Revista Páginas. 2021. Vol. 13, num. 32. ISSN 1851-992X. [consulted: 7 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/225841