Barcelona’s air defences during the Civil War
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Air defences during the Civil War. The gun emplacements were built here on El Turó de Rovira (267m) in 1937 to protect the city from air raids. They were equipped with between tow and seven 105mm Vickers guns but did not enjoy a great success. The Council has announced that the ruins are to be protected.
The gun emplacements were occupied by shanty dwellings in the 1940s. The excellent documentary Barraques pays tribute to the people who lived here for decades. Ignored by the authorities, they had trek every day down the hill to fetch water. All that remains are a few tiles, though a number of renovated shacks still exist on the hill.
History of Barcelona
- Barcelona’s air defences during the Civil War
- Camp de la Bota – Barcelona’s death camp
- First bombing during the Civil War
- Fossar de la Pedrera – Montjuïc’s common grave
- La Modelo Prison
- Plaça de la Milicià Desconegut
- PSUC headquarters in Plaça Catalunya
- Somorrostro shanty town
- The La Canadiense Strike
- The Lenin Barracks – George Orwell in Barcelona
- The Liceu bomb
- The People’s Olympics in Barcelona
- 1936 revolution in Barcelona
- Barcelona in the Civil War
- Buenaventura Durruti
- Ethel MacDonald in Barcelona
- Fransesc Boix
- George Orwell tours in Barcelona
- History of anarchism in Barcelona
- Homage to Catalonia quiz
- Ramon Mercader, Trotsky’s assassin
- Salvador Segui – El Noi de la Sucre
- Spanish Civil War quiz
- Trotsky in Barcelona: Like Nice in a hell of factories
- Videos about the Spanish Civil War
