The remains of Spanish dictator General Franco have been exhumed and moved to a low-key site ahead of reburial.
General Franco's exhumation meets a campaign pledge that was made by the Socialist government which said that Spain had a moral obligation not to honour a dictator who ruled the country for over four decades with an iron fist.
Members of his family had tried to stop the exhumation and relocation of the body without much success.
Spaniards hope that the development will help them lay to rest some of the ghosts of its past.
The casket bearing the remains of the long-serving strongman was carried by a family member from the Valley of the Fallen Basilica that was carved into a mountain.
It was then loaded onto a helicopter that flew to Madrid where General Franco is expected to be reburied next to his wife.
The Valley of the Fallen was created by Franco himself and was aimed at honouring scores of people who lost their lives in the Spanish civil war.
Spain has long been haunted by the legacy of its long-time ruler.
Years after his death, General Franco still remains a polarising figure, as polarising as he was in life.