The Civil War, exile and repression in Catalonia

The Civil War, exile and repression in Catalonia

The military coup d'état of July 17, 1936 gave way to three years of bloody civil war in Spain. Catalonia remains faithful to the Republic and, at the same time, lives a revolutionary process driven by anarchist militias. The Generalitat organizes the resistance and the war effort, and suffers the internal confrontations of the different mobilized political and union forces. During the same period, Catalonia receives the influx of thousands of refugees and displaced persons, considered one of the largest movements of people in times of armed conflict in the twentieth century.

The Catalan civilian population is hit by the penalties of the conflict: the rise in prices, hunger and bombing. Finally, on November 16, 1938 the defeat in the battle of the Ebro, marks the fate of the Republican side and represents the fall of Catalonia. The end of the war and the beginning of General Franco's military dictatorship, entails the suppression of Catalan autonomy, exile and a strong repression of the Catalan and leftist movements.

This bloody episode of the recent history of our country is remembered and remembered through hundreds of resources, exhibitions, museums, routes and interpretation centers that help recover the historical memory of the Civil War, exile and Franco's repression in Catalonia.

Route through the republican airfield of Bordils

Masías and Refugees in the Ametlla del Vallès

Route of the Sierra de Bellmunt Almenara

Route of the Peace: The Battle of the Ebro

Hemingway in Tortosa

Route along the PR C-93 Trail of Santa Eugènia de Berga

The exile in the Jonquera, the route of the republicans towards…

Tour of the Shelters of the Santa Eugènia de Berga Aerodrome

The air raid shelters in Barcelona

Berga during the Civil War

Cerdanya roads of the bunkers Talló Martinet and Montellà

Ruta Salamina Soldiers

Seeking Freedom on the roads of the Pyrenees

The Vesper La Gloriosa

Isona: the reconstruction of a town between two fronts

Barcelona 1939. The dark night in Barcelona

CIARGA route to Cal Bruna torrent

Cassà de la Selva route under the bombs

Deals and offers

The Order of the Temple in Miravet - Castillo Templero

The silence of the Ebro - Battle of the Ebro Spaces

Horta, the spirituality of the ports and Picasso

Discover the Battle of the Ebro

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Refugi Antiaeri de Flix

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Centre d'Estudis de la Batalla de l'Ebre

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Memorial de l'Exèrcit popular

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Marcats pel 38, La Batalla de l'Ebre

Corbera d'Ebre

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Parc dels Búnquers de Martinet i Montellà

Montellà i Martinet

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Centre d'interpretació de l'aviació republicana i guerra aèria

Santa Margarida i els Monjos

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