Forming part of the Montjuïc Cemetery, it was used as a mass grave for 4,000 victims of Spain's White Terror.
[2][3] Since 1985, the area also houses the remains of Lluís Companys, the 123rd President of Catalonia, who was executed nearby at the Montjuïc Castle by the Francoist government on 15 October 1940.
In 1985, a memorial designed by architects Beth Galí, Marius Quintana, and Pere Casajoana was opened, comprising a set of columns with the names of the victims, a large garden with tombstones, and the mausoleum of Lluís Companys.
The term "victims of fortune" likely refers to those who suffered and died due to the chaotic and unpredictable nature of war and its aftermath, whether they had been buried there as well or not.
The memorial was inaugurated on 27 October 1985 by President Jordi Pujol, the mayor of Barcelona Pasqual Maragall, and relatives of Lluís Companys.