fort, imprisoned, and left to die of famine and disease, totalling more than 400. In 1988, a sculpture was erected to honour the memory of the Republicans who died there. The fort ceased to be a prison in 1945. The Ministry of Defence still owns the facility although the last troops left it in 1991. Although there has been several projects for recovering the fort and giving it a new use and in 2001 it was decreed "good of cultural interest", it remains today abandoned and ruinous. References External links General information about the fort, and special focus to the 1938 prison break, by an association devoted to honour the memory of the fugitives Images of the fort San Cristobal Buildings and structures in Navarre Carlism Fortifications of the Spanish Civil War