# Caídos del Crucero Baleares

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Caídos del Crucero Baleares is a monument in Palma, standing within the public park Plaça de sa Feixina. The park covers slightly more than four acres. Playgrounds, sports facilities, green space, and a café place the memorial within an everyday urban setting.

The memorial recalls those who died when the cruiser Baleares sank during the Spanish Civil War, most of them from Mallorca. The warship belonged to a fleet that also included Canarias and Almirante Cervera. During La Desbandá, civilians fled Málaga for Almería along the coastal road. The Baleares shelled that route and nearby rocky slopes while Italian and German aircraft also attacked. Thousands of civilians died, although the total remains uncertain. Legal decisions halted demolition and ordered related street names restored after procedural concerns. The monument remains part of public debate about Francoist associations, historical memory, and the use of contested symbols. Playgrounds, sports courts, and a café share its setting with this memorial.

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