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Air Raid Shelter Plaça de la Vila Martorell

About 35 metres of this shelter from the Spanish Civil War that was recovered in 1990 is preserved. The corridors are about 1.20 m wide and between 1.80 and 2 metres high. The central part, is located at a depth of about 8 metres and is accessible by stairs.

The cellar was excavated in clay soil, the walls are brick, the roof is a barrel vault and the floor is paved earth.

The bunker can be visited annually during the so-called "Shelter Week".

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Source

  • Text: TracesOfWar
  • Photos: Laia Pascual Garcia

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