Last April 14 marked 95 years since the proclamation of the Second Republic, a date that framed the commemorative act held at the well-known 'Paredón de España' in Paterna. This site, which was an execution wall, is estimated to have witnessed the execution of more than 2,000 people by the Francoist regime. The memory of these victims of repression once again guided the customary celebration.

Socialists from the l'Horta locality convened a gathering that included the presence and speeches of the senator for Valencia and mayor of Paterna, as well as the general secretary of the PSPV-PSOE of the municipality, Juan Antonio Sagredo, and the general secretary of the PSPV-PSOE of the province of Valencia and socialist spokesperson for the Diputación, Carlos Fernández Bielsa.

This year, the Camí de la Sang and the Paredón await a project of dignification and memory that will re-signify them as a place of homage for those who were executed there. Every April 14, Republic Day, memorialist entities, victims' relatives, and left-wing parties hold commemorative acts, after first visiting the cemetery. This year has been no exception.

In this area of Paterna, just two days after the end of the Civil War, executions began on the low wall officially called El Terrer. There, 2,238 people were executed. From there, their lifeless bodies were transferred to the Paterna Cemetery, 300 meters in a straight line, to be piled into mass graves. This is the path known as the Camí de la Sang.

In the grounds of the Paterna Cemetery, in 2016 only 50 victims had been exhumed, although today there are more than 3,000. The Mausoleum for the victims of Francoism exhumed in the local cemetery remembers them, and it only lacks the metallic plate with the identification of the execution victims and, occasionally, flowers.