Richard Mortel from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The world’s highest cross rises high above the Valley of the Fallen. The cross would be removed if a Spanish bill were to come into force; the Benedictine abbey, adjacent to the basilica, would also be closed.

NEWS ANALYSIS: The attempt by Spain’s socialist government to turn a Spanish Civil War memorial into a civil cemetery is seen by Catholic Spaniards as an attack against the nation’s historical and spiritual roots.