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ONSCREEN CREDIT - @Freediving La Palma

Eerie images have emerged of an underwater cemetery built in tribute to 40 monks who were thrown to their death more than 400 years ago.

The haunting necropolis lies 20 metres deep at the bottom of the ocean in Fuencaliente, on the south coast of La Palma, Spain.

Forty giant stone crosses represent each of the missionaries killed in 1570 when French pirates took control of their ship and threw them overboard.

The crosses were dropped into the sea 20 years ago to create the memorial but many tourists swimming in the area are still completely unaware of what lies below.

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