Contact Us

Belchite, the open wound of Spain's civil war

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

  • 4
  • 16
The siege of Belchite was part of a Republican offensive in 1937 to capture Zaragoza, the capital of Aragon, from the Nationalists led by General Francisco Franco. Franco went on to win the war and establish a dictatorship that lasted until his death in 1975.