Valley of the Dead

Japanese: 死者の谷 - ししゃのたに
Valley of the Dead
The name of the ossuary built in the mountains of Guadarrama, 58 km northwest of Madrid, Spain, to mourn those who died in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). In Spanish, it is called Valle de los Caídos. Completed in 1958, the ossuary carved into a rocky mountain features a huge cross that rises 150 m from the foundation stone. When it was built, the defeated side of the civil war criticized it for demonstrating the legitimacy of the victorious Franco regime both at home and abroad, rather than for comforting the spirits of the dead.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
スペインの首都マドリードから北西へ58km,グアダラマの山間部に,スペイン内乱(1936‐39)の戦死者を弔うために建立された納骨堂の通称。スペイン語ではバリェ・デ・ロス・カイードスValle de los Caídos。1958年に完成し,岩山をくりぬいた納骨堂の上には,礎石から150mにも及ぶ巨大な十字架がそびえている。建設に際して,内乱の敗北者側から,死者の霊を慰めるよりも,勝利者であるフランコ政権の正当性を国内外に誇示するものとして批判が加えられた。

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