A group of experts from various national and international universities are set to conduct an archaeological survey in an are which is thought might contain the mass grave in which the poet Federico Garcia Lorca was buried after his execution.
Four Civil War mass graves identified in Ronda
Preliminary test excavations conducted by the Association of Historical Memory at a cemetery in Ronda has identified four mass graves and the remains of ten people, although it is thought that the pits could contain as many as 3,000 bodies.
Research into mass graves in Ronda
Work has started at the San Lorenzo cemetery in Ronda to identify two possible mass graves where it is thought that between 1,700 and 3,000 Civil War victims could be buried.
Map showing Civil War mass graves in Andalucia is released
A map is now available on DVD showing the location of the 614 mass graves uncovered in Andalucia from the Spanish Civil War and after, the pits containing the bodies of over 47,000 victims.
Exhumations at mass grave in Montefrío
The Granada Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory has exhumed 18 bodies from a mass grave at cortijo ‘Los Martínez’ in Montefrío, these individuals having been shot between September 21st and September 28th 1936.
Torrox Civil War graves to be opened
In the next few months, Torrox Council will initiate proceedings to exhume the remains from two Civil War mass graves in the town.
Exhumation set to begin
A georadar study conducted by the Andalucian Institute of Geophysics on behalf of the Junta de Andalucia has detected the possible remains of six people in a mass grave in the Fuente Grande park in Alfacar, Granada, one of whom is believed to be the poet Federico García Lorca.
Lorca family request that remains not be removed
The family of Federico Garcia Lorca have requested the right to be the ones who identify the remains of the poet if the mass Civil War grave is opened.
New Civil War graves discovered in Torrox
The first conference relating to the Historical Memory held in Torrox at the weekend was attended by almost 200 people, many of them relatives of people who died during the Spanish Civil War. The conference was also attended by historians, and the exchange of information between themselves and the relatives led to the surprising discovery of two new mass graves.
Civil war graves
The family of the Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca have dropped their objection to the excavation of his grave. Lorca was executed, along wth a teacher and two trade unionists, by General Francisco Franco’s nationalists at the start of the civil war in 1936.