Spanish Civil War 1936–1939
Oviedo front – Cerdeño bunker
Trenches & fortifications
The story
Once the Galician relief column had reached Oviedo in October 1936, the Nationalist defenders ringed the city with concrete positions facing the Republican lines on Monte Naranco and in the surrounding villages. Archaeologists have mapped many trenches and bunkers around Oviedo. They remained on a front line until Asturias fell in October 1937. The concrete bunker at Cerdeño, on the northern edge of the city below the Naranco, is one of the surviving Nationalist works. Just above rise the slopes of Monte Naranco, fought over repeatedly during the siege and the February 1937 offensive.
What you can see today
A concrete Nationalist bunker on the northern outskirts of Oviedo.
Plan your visit
On the edge of the village of Cerdeño, north of the city centre. Access may be over farmland, so ask before crossing fields.
Sources
- tracesofwar.com/sights/90546/Bunker-Spanish-Civil-War-Oviedo.htm
- tracesofwar.com/sights/90546/Bunker-Spanish-Civil-War-Oviedo.htm
- academia.edu/11738200/The_forgotten_battle_Archaeology_of_the_Spanish_civil_war_in_the_trenches_of_Oviedo
Nearby sites
- Oviedo siege – the old town · 2 km
- El Salvador cemetery mass grave, Oviedo · 3 km
- Ceares cemetery mass grave, Gijón · 21 km
- Simancas barracks siege memorial, Gijón · 22 km
- El Mazuco & Sierra del Cuera · 79 km
- Convento de San Marcos, León (concentration camp) · 88 km
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The Spanish Civil War 1936–1939
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