@legend.of.history2: THE GARROTE VIL — THE TERRIFYING ENGINEERING BEHIND SPAIN’S DEADLY EXECUTION MACHINE! ONE WOODEN CHAIR. ONE IRON COLLAR. ONE DEADLY SCREW! Imagine entering an old Spanish engineering workshop and discovering a terrifying machine built not for industry, but for execution. At first glance, it looked like an ordinary wooden chair. But behind its backrest stood a powerful iron mechanism designed to end a human life. Known as the Garrote Vil, this execution device used a metal collar and a screw mechanism to apply deadly pressure to the condemned prisoner’s neck. Its frightening simplicity made it one of the most notorious execution machines in Spanish history. The garrote was used for generations, including the execution of Mariana Pineda in 1831, a young woman who became a symbol of resistance against absolute monarchy. On March 2, 1974, Salvador Puig Antich and Heinz Chez became the last two people executed by garrote in Spain during Francisco Franco’s dictatorship. Spain abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in 1978, ending the garrote’s legal use. The engineering behind this machine reveals a disturbing chapter in history: how simple mechanical principles were transformed into instruments of punishment. Could you believe that such a simple mechanical invention remained in use until the twentieth century? 👇 Tell us what you think in the comments! Follow our page for more incredible historical inventions, forgotten machines, ancient civilizations, and dark chapters of world history. #GarroteVil #GarroteMachine #ExecutionMachine #HistoricalEngineering #SpanishHistory

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