Spanish Civil War 1936–1939
Crypt of the Tercio de Montserrat, Montserrat
Cemetery
The story
The Tercio de Requetés de Nuestra Señora de Montserrat was a unit of Catalan Carlist volunteers who fought on the Nationalist side, many of them having escaped from Republican Catalonia. It suffered heavy losses at Codo (Aragon) in August 1937 and in the Battle of the Ebro, including at Quatre Camins near Vilalba dels Arcs. Its dead were brought to a crypt at the monastery of Montserrat, Catalonia's national shrine. The crypt is a reminder that Catalan society was divided by the war.
What you can see today
A mausoleum or crypt with the names of the unit's dead, within the Montserrat monastery complex.
Plan your visit
In the monastery precinct (rack railway or cable car from the Llobregat valley); access to the crypt may be restricted, so ask at the information office.
Sources
- tracesofwar.com/sights/91793/Mausoleum-of-the-Tercio-de-Nuestra-Se%C3%B1ora-de-Montserrat.htm
- tracesofwar.com/sights/91793/Mausoleum-of-the-Tercio-de-Nuestra-Se%C3%B1ora-de-Montserrat.htm
- tracesofwar.com/sights/91796/Memorial-Cross-Cota-427.htm
Nearby sites
- Turó de la Rovira anti-aircraft battery (Bunkers del Carmel) · 33 km
- Els Monjos airfield – Refugi del Serral · 34 km
- Telefónica building & Plaça de Catalunya (May Days 1937) · 36 km
- Teatre Poliorama, La Rambla (Orwell's rooftop) · 36 km
- Plaça de Sant Felip Neri (bombing of 30 January 1938) · 36 km
- Barcelona Cathedral – the religious persecution of 1936 · 36 km
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