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TheFossar de la Pedrera (lit.Cemetery of the Quarry) is located onMontjuïc hill in theSants-Montjuïc district ofBarcelona. Forming part of theMontjuïc Cemetery, it was used as amass grave for 4,000 victims ofSpain'sWhite Terror.[1] There is now a memorial on the site.[2][3]
Since 1985, the area also houses the remains ofLluís Companys, the 123rdPresident ofCatalonia, who was executed nearby at the Montjuïc Castle by theFrancoist government on 15 October 1940.[4] His death is commemorated annually by Catalan politicians and civilians, who lay a wreath in memory of the president.
In 1985, a memorial designed by architects Beth Galí, Marius Quintana, and Pere Casajoana was opened, comprising a set of columns with the names of the victims, a large garden with tombstones, and the mausoleum of Lluís Companys. The inscriptions on the entrance were written by Maria Aurelia Capmany: one refers to the victims of repression, another to victims of fortune. The term "victims of fortune" likely refers to those who suffered and died due to the chaotic and unpredictable nature of war and its aftermath, whether they had been buried there as well or not. The memorial was inaugurated on 27 October 1985 by PresidentJordi Pujol, the mayor of BarcelonaPasqual Maragall, and relatives of Lluís Companys.
There are also a number of other memorials on the site, including a tribute to the victims ofNational Socialism opened on the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II, a bronze figure in memory of all those executed by the Francoist government, and a memorial toCNT members who died during the civil war.
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