Spanish Civil War 1936–1939
Puente Viejo de Maro (Desbandá crossing), Nerja
Nerja (Maro) · Memorial
The story
The old bridge over the Barranco de Maro, east of Nerja, carried the coast road used by the refugees fleeing Málaga in February 1937. Nearby the road was shelled from the sea, and at the Río de la Miel crossing many were killed. In Nerja itself, evacuation buses with children were bombed. The bridge was declared a Place of Democratic Memory in 2013.
What you can see today
The old stone bridge over the ravine on the old coast road near Maro, with a memorial plaque.
Plan your visit
Park in Maro and walk; about 3 km east of Nerja.
Sources
Nearby sites
- Parque de la Memoria 'Málaga 1937', Torre del Mar · 22 km
- Fuerte de Carchuna and the Motril front, Granada coast · 38 km
- Paseo de los Canadienses / Peñón del Cuervo — 'La Desbandá' memorial, Málaga · 43 km
- Huerta de San Vicente (García Lorca house-museum), Granada · 50 km
- Panteón de la Memoria, Cementerio de San Rafael, Málaga · 54 km
- Barranco de Víznar (mass graves, Place of Memory) · 60 km
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