The Monumento al Llano Amarillo in Ceuta

The Monumento del Llano Amarillo is a monument in the Spanish territory of Ceuta, located at the bottom of Mount Hacho. Standing fifteen metres high, it is one of the few sculptures left that record Spain's period of Nationalism following the Spanish Civil War. The monument was designed by sculptor Bonifacio López Torvizco and architect Francisco Martínez Hernanz, and it was unveiled on 13 July 1940 in Llano Amarillo, near Issaguen, in the Spanish Protectorate of Morocco.

The monument records an "oath before the battle" made by generals, led by General Yagüe, who were involved in the conspiracy that gave rise to the Spanish Civil War on 12 July 1936. The main monolith features stylized wings and serves as a symbol of the eventual defeat of the republican forces. During the conflict, General Yagüe led his troops across the Straits of Gibraltar from Ceuta to join other soldiers near Seville.

In 1962, following the independence of Morocco, the monument was moved to Ceuta. It was disassembled stone by stone in independent Morocco and then rebuilt at its current location. While the work was once damaged by a team financed by the Catalan banker and exile Josep Andreu Abelló to display a message of amnesty, it remains a controversial but standing record of the era of General Franco.

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