Valley of the Fallen
The Valley of Cuelgamuros, called the Valley of the Fallen until 2022, is a Spanish memorial site in the Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range, dedicated to the memory of those who lost their lives during the Spanish Civil War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Monument
- Description: monument in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
- Also known as: “Valle de los Caidos” and “Valley of Cuelgamuros”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cross of Valle de Cuelgamuros and Pontifical Basilica of the Holy Cross.
Pontifical Basilica of the Holy Cross
Church
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pontifical Basilica of the Holy Cross is a church, which is situated 120 metres east of Valley of the Fallen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peguerinos and El Escorial.
Peguerinos
Village
Photo: Totemkin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Peguerinos is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2006 census, the municipality had a population of 318 inhabitants. Peguerinos is situated 7 km west of Valley of the Fallen.
El Escorial
Town
Photo: Rodelar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
El Escorial is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Madrid, located 45 km northwest of the Spanish capital Madrid. It belongs to the comarca of Cuenca del Guadarrama. El Escorial is situated 7 km south of Valley of the Fallen.
Guadarrama Pass
Locality
Photo: Miguel303xm, CC BY 3.0.
The Guadarrama Pass, also known as Alto del León, is a mountain pass in Spain. It is located in the Sierra de Guadarrama, part of the Sistema Central system of ranges. Guadarrama Pass is situated 8 km north of Valley of the Fallen.
Valley of the Fallen
- Categories: building complex and religious complex
- Location: El Escorial, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Valley of the Fallen” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وادي الشهداء”
- Arabic: “وادي كويلجاموروس”
- Armenian: “Կուելգամուրոս հովիտ”
- Armenian: “Նահատակների հովիտ”
- Armenian: “Վալե դե լոս Կայդոս”
- Asturian: “Valle de Cuelgamuros”
- Asturian: “Valle de los Caídos”
- Basque: “Cuelgamuros Harana”
- Basque: “Erorien Harana”
- Basque: “Eroritakoen harana”
- Bulgarian: “Долина на падналите”
- Catalan: “Vall de Cuelgamuros”
- Catalan: “Vall del Caiguts”
- Catalan: “Valle de Cuelgamuros”
- Cebuano: “Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos”
- Cebuano: “Valle de Cuelgamuros”
- Cebuano: “Valle de los Caídos”
- Chinese: “库埃尔加穆罗斯谷”
- Chinese: “烈士谷”
- Czech: “Údolí padlých”
- Danish: “Valle de los Caídos”
- Dutch: “Valle de Cuelgamuros”
- Esperanto: “Valo de Cuelgamuros”
- Esperanto: “Valo de la Falintoj”
- Finnish: “Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos”
- French: “Valle de los Caídos”
- French: “Vallée de Cuelgamuros”
- Galician: “Valle de Cuelgamuros”
- Galician: “Valle dos Caídos”
- German: “Tal der Gefallenen”
- German: “Valle de Cuelgamuros”
- German: “Valle de los Caídos”
- Greek: “Βάλλε ντε λος Κάιντος”
- Greek: “Κοιλάδα του Κουελγκαμούρος”
- Greek: “Κοιλάδα των Πεσόντων”
- Hebrew: “עמק הנופלים”
- Hebrew: “עמק קואלגמורוס”
- Indonesian: “Lembah Cuelgamuros”
- Indonesian: “Lembah Kejatuhan”
- Italian: “Valle de Cuelgamuros”
- Italian: “Valle de los Caídos”
- Japanese: “クエルガムロ渓谷”
- Japanese: “戦没者の谷”
- Korean: “전몰자의 계곡”
- Korean: “쿠엘가무로 밸리”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Vale de Cuelgamuros”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Vale de la Cadedas”
- Macedonian: “Вале де Куелгамуро”
- Macedonian: “Вале де лос Каидос”
- Macedonian: “Долина Куелгамуро”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Valle de Cuelgamuros”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Valle de los Caídos”
- Norwegian: “Valle de los Caídos”
- Papiamento: “Valle de Cuelgamuros”
- Papiamento: “Valle di Cuelgamuros”
- Papiamento: “Valle di e Kaidonan”
- Papiamento: “Vaye di Cuelgamuros”
- Papiamento: “Vaye di e Kaidonan”
- Persian: “دره شهدا (مادرید)”
- Persian: “دره شهدا”
- Persian: “دره کوئلگاموروس”
- Polish: “Dolina Cuelgamuros”
- Polish: “Valle de Cuelgamuros”
- Polish: “Valle de los Caídos”
- Portuguese: “Vale de Cuelgamuros”
- Portuguese: “Vale dos Caídos”
- Russian: “Долина Куэльгамуроs”
- Russian: “Долина Павших”
- Slovak: “Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos”
- Slovak: “Valle de Cuelgamuros”
- Slovak: “Valle de los Caídos”
- Spanish: “complejo monumental del Valle de Cuelgamuros”
- Spanish: “complejo monumental del Valle de los Caídos”
- Spanish: “Cuelgamuros”
- Spanish: “Valle de Cuelgamuros”
- Spanish: “Valle de los Caídos”
- Swedish: “Valle de Cuelgamuros”
- Swedish: “Valle de los Caídos”
- Turkish: “Valle de Cuelgamuros”
- Turkish: “Valle de los Caídos”
- Ukrainian: “Долина Куельгамурос”
- Ukrainian: “Долина Полеглих”
- “Valle de Cuelgamuros”
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