Spanish Civil War 1936–1939
Ceares cemetery mass grave, Gijón
Repression & memory site
The story
After Gijón fell on 21 October 1937, thousands of Republicans were imprisoned and many were tried by courts-martial and shot. Victims executed at the wall of the Ceares municipal cemetery were buried in a common grave there. It is recorded as holding 1,293 victims of the war and the years that followed. It is now a place of annual remembrance for families and memory associations. The fall of Gijón ended the war in the North. Some Republican soldiers escaped to the mountains, and guerrilla resistance in Asturias went on for years.
What you can see today
A memorial area at the site of the common grave inside the municipal cemetery.
Plan your visit
Open during cemetery hours; please be quiet and respectful. It is south of the city centre in the Ceares district.
Sources
- tracesofwar.com/sights/91482/Mass-Grave-Cementerio-de-Ceares.htm
- tracesofwar.com/sights/91482/Mass-Grave-Cementerio-de-Ceares.htm
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asturias_Offensive
Nearby sites
- Simancas barracks siege memorial, Gijón · 1 km
- Oviedo front – Cerdeño bunker · 21 km
- Oviedo siege – the old town · 24 km
- El Salvador cemetery mass grave, Oviedo · 24 km
- El Mazuco & Sierra del Cuera · 67 km
- Convento de San Marcos, León (concentration camp) · 103 km
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