Refugio de la Plaza - Xixona, Alicante, España - Civil Defense Fallout Shelters on Waymarking.com

"la construcción de los refugios no se regía por la improvisación que cabría esperar de una situación de peligro tan extrema, sino que respondían a un determinado esquema arquitectónico. Había tres modelos. El más numeroso era el llamado 'refugio excavado'. Se trataba de túneles abovedados de dos metros y medio de alto por un metro y medio de ancho recubiertos de ladrillos de arcilla que, en caso de una explosión cercana, se cuartean pero no se caen. El segundo tipo es el denominado 'refugio excavado y reforzado'.También estaba hechos de ladrillos, pero al ser menos profundos, se colocaba en el techo una placa de hormigón para protegerlos mejor del impacto de las bombas. Al tercer y último modelo se le llamaba 'combinado', y era básicamente un agujero recubierto de hormigón reforzado en su parte superior por una placa del mismo material. Los refugios solían tener una o varias naves y dos accesos como mínimo. La entrada daba varias vueltas para que, en caso de producirse una explosión en la puerta, la onda expansiva perdiera fuerza. Además de los públicos, también se construían refugios privados. Eran bastante más pequeños y más toscos, ya que muchos se recubrían con maderas y sacos terreros".

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"The construction of the shelters was not governed by the improvisation that would be expected in such an extreme situation of danger, but rather responded to a certain architectural scheme. There were three models. The most numerous was the so-called 'excavated shelter'. It was about vaulted tunnels eight feet high by four feet wide lined with clay bricks which, in the event of a nearby explosion, crack but do not fall in. The second type is the so-called 'dug and reinforced shelter'. They were also made of bricks, but being shallower, a concrete plate was placed on the roof to better protect them from the impact of the bombs.The third and last model was called 'combined', and was basically a hole covered with concrete reinforced at the top by a plate of the same material.The shelters used to have one or more naves and at least two entrances.The entrance turned around several times so that, in the event of an explosion at the door, the shock wave would lose force. In addition to public ones, private shelters were also built. They were much smaller and coarser, since many were covered with wood and sandbags."

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Capacity of shelter: 356 Radiation monitoring equipment: Not Listed

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