This Wednesday, November 20 49 years have passed since the death of the dictator Francisco Francoa date that brings together hundreds of people in the Valley of the Fallen.
In The Intermediate They wanted to talk about the topic coinciding with the anniversary and Wyoming turned to its history expert, Mikel Herránso that he could give his version to the viewers of La Sexta.
In the program they recalled that the transfer of the dictator’s remains in 2019 continues to cause various projects are proposed about the place.
“Something must be done with the Valley of the Fallen, Since they took Franco out of there, going on 20N is like going to Disneyland and not seeing Mickey Mouse“said Herrán.
The Wyoming collaborator explained that there are people who propose demolishing it, others making a museum of democratic memory, but that he proposes getting “somewhat more creative, since history gives us many examples of how to transform megalomaniac tombs“he noted.
Herrán explained that, for centuries, The mausoleums have been used as a quarry to extract construction materials: “The tombs of ancient Rome became the Zara Home of many rich people,” he commented ironically.
The historian also proposed convert the entire tomb such as, for example, what was done with the mausoleum of Emperor Hadrian: “It was a huge cylinder with a giant garden, but, three centuries later, it was decided to convert the building into a military fortress.”
Another example that the collaborator wanted to present was the mausoleum of Emperor Augustus: “At the end of the 19th century The building was converted into a concert hall“.
“In Egypt, the tombs in the Valley of the Kings were mostly looted. During the Middle Ages, some were converted into Christian chapels or even cells for hermits who wanted to separate themselves“he stated.
Of course, Herrán’s favorite idea was what would have taken over most of the tombs in the past, reusing them as homes: “In ancient Rome, living in tombs was so common that they had to enact a law to allow anyone to report if you found a squatter in your mausoleum.”
“Equal that is the solution to the housing problemput the Valley of the Fallen in Idealista,” the history expert from El Intermedio jokingly noted.
But he reflected, saying: “Anyway, in the end, putting up a museum isn’t such a bad idea,” but Wyoming replied that “in any case, They should do anything but leave it as is.“.
The presenter concluded by saying: “It is not normal that, in the middle of 2024, let’s have a gigantic monument glorifying a fascist dictatorship and assume it as if it were nothing.”
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