Belchite at Peace

Brian's Spain Domain

Belchite at Peace

Jul 21 2025 | 00:20:12

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Show Notes

Belchite is a small town in the province of Zaragoza and was the setting of a bloody battle during the Spanish Civil War. After the war, Franco decided to turn it into a living reminder of the enemy’s terror by forcing the population to abandon the town and move into a new one built literally next door. Belchite, already seriously affected by two weeks of intense fighting, was left to desintegrate for decades due to neglect and a probably true desire by locals to forget what the dictator had hoped people would remember forever. The memory lives on, but quite […]

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