We know practically everything about Georgina Rodríguez thanks to I Am Georgina, the documentary series where she revealed all the details of her life as a mother, influencer, businesswoman and wife of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo. It is also no secret that she declares herself devout. Now she has revealed a new detail: she loves masses attended by Francoism nostalgics. Last Tuesday Rodríguez, who has more than 70 million followers on Instagram, shared several videos and photos on social media of her visit to the Cuelgamuros Valley. In the images, Cristiano Ronaldo's partner can be seen attending mass in the company of some of her children. Rodríguez did not miss anything, and she shared it: the communion, the choir's singing, and the lighting of the incense. She also showed some details of the large Francoist monument, without mentioning at any time who built it and for what reason, nor the thousands of people buried there. She even took a photograph in front of the 150-meter-high monumental cross located at the top of the Risco de la Nava, omnipresent and intentionally visible from the outskirts of Madrid.

The project The base and the cross has won the international competition to redefine the Valley of the FallenIn total, 34 proposals were submitted, and the budget amounts to 30.5 million euros. As the Spanish government explained on Tuesday, the project consists of a "great fissure" that will transform the Cuelgamuros Valley into a place of dialogue and plurality. One of the project's proposals is the demolition of the staircase that currently provides access to the basilica, which will be replaced by a new platform and a courtyard that runs through it. The Secretary General for Urban Agenda, Iñaqui Carnicero, said that the winning proposal is "bold." "It is a project that dares to challenge the existing structure. It proposes a new perspective on the monument, redefines its boundaries, and gives greater prominence to nature and architecture. It breaks the axiality that has always characterized it, creating a large shadow, a great fissure that facilitates encounters and fosters greater plurality, inviting dialogue and opening up new perspectives," he stated. Carnicero explained that, through a "large slab," the public will access a circle "open to the sky" that will allow for "reorganizing the flow of traffic." From this point, visitors will be able to enter the basilica, where "minimal interventions" will be carried out. The immense cross, measuring 150 meters of vertical granite and visible from more than 20 kilometers away, will not be touched. In fact, the Spanish government has never considered the possibility of demolishing such a symbol of the monument's Francoist origins. The works to transform the complex will begin no earlier than 2027 and are expected to take four years. The government will allocate 26 million euros, plus an additional 4 million euros in fees for the winning design.

A year ago, the Spanish government was very clear that Benedictine monks could not remain in the Valley of the Fallen. In May 2024, the Minister of Territorial Policy, Ángel Víctor Torres, was very forceful in his statement. an interview in The Country"We want them to leave. We're talking with them and with the church authorities. It has to be a secular center, one that serves to explain the war and what came after. They can't stay. They don't want to leave; there's some resistance, but there was also a push to exhume Franco's remains, and, in the end, justice." But in this tug-of-war with the Catholic Church, the government has had to give in. Finally, as it progresses, Eldiario.es And the Spanish Ministry of the Presidency has confirmed that the Benedictines will not be forced to leave Cuelgamuros. However, former prior Santiago Cantera Montenegro and two other religious will have to leave in the coming weeks, as the Spanish government has explicitly requested in meetings held with representatives of the Vatican.