Spanish Civil War 1936–1939
Miranda de Ebro concentration camp (historic site)
Repression & memory site
The story
Opened in 1937 beside the railway junction, Miranda de Ebro was the longest-running of Franco's concentration camps, closing only in January 1947. Around 65,000 Republican prisoners passed through it during and after the war, including captured International Brigaders. During the Second World War it became the main internment camp for foreigners crossing the Pyrenees — escaped Allied servicemen, Poles, Belgians, Czechs, French evaders and Jewish refugees — with over 3,500 held at once in a camp built for 1,500.
What you can see today
A few remains (water tank, sections of wall, washroom ruins, a guard post) and a plaque on the old site, now among industrial plants; an interpretation centre with a reconstructed barrack and prisoner files in the town's civic centre, plus memorials in Parque Alcalde Emiliano Bajo.
Plan your visit
The pin marks the old camp site, now among industrial plants, where a few remains survive; it does not mark every surviving structure. The interpretation centre, with a reconstructed barrack, is in the Centro Cívico Raimundo Porres, Avenida República Argentina 93, in town; check its opening hours with Miranda's tourist office.
- Open
- Centre: Mon–Sat 09:00–15:00 & 17:00–21:00; 15 Jun–15 Sep Mon–Fri 08:00–15:00
- Booking
- Free guided "Ruta de la Memoria" (1h30) Wed & Thu 18:00, Sat 12:00; book online via mirandamemoria.es
Checked September 2026 from official sources: mirandadeebro.es, mirandamemoria.es. Things change, so check before you travel.
Sources
- mapcarta.com/Campo_de_concentraci%C3%B3n_de_Miranda_de_Ebro
- es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campo_de_concentraci%C3%B3n_de_Miranda_de_Ebro
Nearby sites
- Otxandio – Andikona bombing memorial · 45 km
- La Barranca cemetery memorial, Lardero (La Rioja) · 49 km
- Valdenoceda prison memorial · 57 km
- Durango bombing – Santa María de Uribarri · 58 km
- Intxorta front & Elgeta memory centre · 61 km
- Gaztelumendi breach – Larrabetzu Iron Belt bunker · 64 km
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