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Belchite, the open wound of Spain's civil war

Like many Spanish villages, Belchite was devastated by Spain's 1936-39 Civil War.

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"We let it go downhill," said Serrano. "It's as if we thought it was better to forget it." But the seven million euros ($7.0 million) recently earmarked by the government for "old Belchite" were coming "40 years too late," he said.