Spanish Civil War 1936–1939
Mont de Conques – Pallars front strongholds
Conques (Isona i Conca Dellà) · Trenches & fortifications
The story
After the Nationalist Aragon offensive of spring 1938 the front in western Catalonia settled along the Segre and Noguera Pallaresa rivers. The Nationalists held bridgeheads at Tremp, Balaguer and Seròs. Mont de Conques, near Isona in the Conca de Tremp, was fortified by the Nationalists and attacked several times by the Republicans, especially in their May 1938 offensive against the Tremp and Balaguer bridgeheads, which failed at high cost. The line held until the Nationalist Catalonia offensive of December 1938. Republican positions such as the La Posa bunker at Abella de la Conca faced it across the valley.
What you can see today
Nationalist concrete positions and trenches on the hill; the Republican La Posa bunker at Abella de la Conca (42.13311, 1.07633) is nearby.
Plan your visit
Rough tracks from Conques (Camí Vell d'Isona); walking boots needed; no facilities.
Sources
- tracesofwar.com/sights/90488/Strongholds-Spanish-Civil-War-Mont-de-Conques.htm
- tracesofwar.com/sights/90488/Strongholds-Spanish-Civil-War-Mont-de-Conques.htm
- tracesofwar.com/sights/90518/Bunker-Spanish-Civil-War-Abella-de-la-Conca.htm
Nearby sites
- Bunquers de Martinet (Línea P) · 61 km
- Barbastro – Claretian Martyrs Museum · 74 km
- Bielsa museum – the Bielsa Pocket · 86 km
- Crypt of the Tercio de Montserrat, Montserrat · 91 km
- Els Monjos airfield – Refugi del Serral · 105 km
- Refugi antiaeri de Flix · 107 km
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