The Government declares the former La Magdalena concentration camp in Santander a Place of Democratic Memory

The Spanish government has officially declared the former La Magdalena concentration camp, located within the La Magdalena peninsula in Santander, as a Lugar de Memoria Democrática (Democratic Memory Place).

Specifically, the designation applies to the stables building of the Palacio de la Magdalena, which served as a concentration camp during the Spanish Civil War. The official resolution formalizing this status was published on Monday in the Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) by the Secretaría de Estado de Memoria Democrática.