Spanish Civil War 1936–1939
Cementerio de San Fernando — Pico Reja mass grave, Seville
Repression & memory site
The story
General Gonzalo Queipo de Llano seized Seville on 18 July 1936, crushing working-class resistance in Triana and La Macarena and broadcasting nightly radio speeches from Unión Radio that threatened opponents with death. The repression that followed killed thousands in the city. Many were buried in Pico Reja, a mass grave in the municipal cemetery of San Fernando. Among them is probably Blas Infante, the 'father of Andalusian nationalism', shot on 11 August 1936 at km 4 of the Carmona road. Excavations begun in 2020 are one of the largest in Spain.
What you can see today
The municipal cemetery with the excavated Pico Reja area and memorial markers; the exhumation site itself may be fenced.
Plan your visit
Cemetery open daily; ask at the entrance for the Pico Reja area. For Infante, his house in Coria del Río is now the Museum of Andalusian Autonomy.
- Open
- Cemetery open daily 08:00–16:00
Checked September 2026 from official sources: visitasevilla.es. Things change, so check before you travel.
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Nearby sites
- Tablada airfield (Army of Africa airlift), Seville · 7 km
- Campillo de Llerena – Civil War Museum & Italian cemetery · 122 km
- Espejo — site of Capa's 'Falling Soldier' · 130 km
- Valle de la Serena – Republican defence line (La Serena pocket) · 143 km
- Almendralejo – Purificación church tower & memorial · 146 km
- Castuera concentration camp (La Verilleja) · 151 km
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