The project was awarded to the architect Jesús Vaquero Martín and to the sculptor Manuel Ramos.

[1] Erected on the top of the Cerro de San Cristóbal [es] —a small hill in the outskirts of Valladolid standing at about 843 metres above sea level—[2] the monument was practically finished by October 1960.

[3] It was unveiled on 24 July 1961,[3] the day marking the 25th anniversary of Redondo's death during a skirmish at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, during a ceremony presided by Francisco Franco,[4] also attended by José Solís Ruiz, Gabriel Arias-Salgado, Cirilo Cánovas García [es], José Antonio Girón de Velasco and Raimundo Fernández Cuesta, among others.

[3] The bronze sculptural group presiding the ensemble and placed below a colossal 12-metre high yoke and arrows consisted of five 3.5 metre high statues:[1] a peasant, a student, a worker, a fighter and Onésimo Redondo himself at the centre, pulling the fascist salute.

[4] The sculptures were put on an altar and sided by two groups of columns, standing at a maximum height of 31 metres.