Spanish Civil War 1936–1939
Campillo de Llerena – Civil War Museum & Italian cemetery
Museum
The story
Campillo de Llerena lay just behind the Nationalist line on the static southern Extremadura front. In 1937 Italian units of the mixed Italo-Spanish 'Flechas Azules' brigade, based here, created a war cemetery for their dead. The restored Cementerio de los Italianos and the town's Civil War museum — Extremadura's first — form one complex. The museum, expanded in 2023, recreates a trench and bunker and displays material from the fortifications of south-eastern Badajoz, explaining life in the trenches on both sides. It is presented as a place of remembrance for victims of both sides.
What you can see today
The walled Italian cemetery outside the village; in town (Plaza Cívica 1) the museum with a reconstructed trench and bunker and finds from the front.
Plan your visit
The museum website recently stated it was closed for renovation — phone the town hall (924 770 131) before travelling. The cemetery is about 1.3 km north of the village centre.
- Notice
- Museum closed until further notice for renovation/extension works
Checked September 2026 from official sources: museogcivilcampillo.es, museogcivilcampillo.es. Things change, so check before you travel.
Sources
- mapcarta.com/es/W42957275
- museogcivilcampillo.es/
- museogcivilcampillo.es/?page_id=91
- eldiario.es/extremadura/sociedad/museo-guerra-civil-campillo-llerena-recrea-trinchera-bunker_1_9955229.html
Nearby sites
- Valle de la Serena – Republican defence line (La Serena pocket) · 21 km
- Castuera concentration camp (La Verilleja) · 37 km
- Almendralejo – Purificación church tower & memorial · 53 km
- Puente Romano, Mérida (fall of Mérida) · 63 km
- Puerta de la Trinidad, Badajoz · 106 km
- Former bullring (Palacio de Congresos) – Badajoz massacre memorial · 106 km
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The Spanish Civil War 1936–1939
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