Barcelona Refugis Aeris : Air Raid Shelters
Bombing of Barcelona
(all shelters on one page here)
- First city in world where Air bombing targeted the public
- During Spanish Civil War 1937 and 1939
- 192 – 194 raids by Mussolini’s Italy and Nazi Germany, Fascist Franco’s allies
- Black-out’s and the evacuation of children to the countryside, began
Started: ‘March 16th 1937’ at 10.08pm, for 3 days involving 44 tons of bombs
45 buildings destroyed and 75 damaged
Board of Defense and Local Defense Councils built 1,300-1,400 Refugis aeris (public air raid shelters)
- Designed by Nationalist Engineer Ramón Perera (he advised the UK on shelters, later)
- Built by civilians, often the old & young, that remained
- Of around 1 million Barcelonians, many were injured and around 2,500 died
BARCELONA
OUTSIDE OF BARCELONA
Poble Sec 307
Plaça del Diamant
Sant Adrià
El Clot (no public Access)
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All barcelona air raid shelters on the map
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OUTSIDE OF BARCELONA
La Garriga
76.5 km, 57 mins via C-32 (directions from Sitges, via Barcelona)
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BARCELONA
OUTSIDE OF BARCELONA
