Santa Maria in Monserrat


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Chapel of St Diego of Alcalà
Below is the cenotaph of the deposed King of Spain, Alfonso XIII, who died in exile at Rome in 1941 after abdicating. His remains were interred here, until being transferred to join the other deceased Spanish royalty in the Pantheon of the Kings of the Monastery of El Escorial, in Madrid in 1980.

Related links:  Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886-1941)
El Escorial