Lugar de memoria Historica Andalucia - Viznar, Granada, España
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N 37° 14.410 W 003° 32.639
30S E 451751 N 4121653
Es una zona en pendiente, declarada lugar de Memoria, donde fueron fusilados y enterrados en fosas comunes cientos de víctimas de la represión franquista.
Waymark Code: WM18XKP
Location: Andalucía, Spain
Date Posted: 10/18/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
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"Es una zona en pendiente, declarada lugar de Memoria, donde fueron fusilados y enterrados en fosas comunes cientos de víctimas de la represión franquista.

El Barranco de Víznar es un borde en pendiente de unos 10.000 metros cuadrados de superficie que desciende sobre una curva cerrada y umbría de la carretera entre Alfacar y Víznar, declarada Lugar de Memoria. Es una zona cubierta por pinares espesos de repoblación, lo que permitió encubrir las tumbas tras las ejecuciones en masa cometidas a partir de julio de 1936 por pelotones formados por guardias de asalto y voluntarios de las Escuadras Negras.

El barranco está repleto de fosas comunes de todos los tamaños de las cuales han sido identificadas cinco. Allí fueron sepultadas tras una descarga rutinaria miles de personas por sus simpatías con la República como parte de la feroz represión que siguió a la sublevación.

Los primeros asesinatos en la zona se cometieron en Puerto Lobo; luego en el borde la carretera que conduce hasta Alfacar y a partir de septiembre de 1936 en los senderos del Barranco".

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"It is a sloping area, declared a place of Memory, where hundreds of victims of Franco's repression were shot and buried in mass graves.

The Víznar Ravine is a sloping edge of about 10,000 square meters in area that descends over a sharp, shady curve on the road between Alfacar and Víznar, declared a Place of Memory. It is an area covered by thick repopulated pine forests, which made it possible to conceal the graves after the mass executions committed starting in July 1936 by platoons made up of assault guards and volunteers from the Black Squads.

The ravine is full of mass graves of all sizes, of which five have been identified. Thousands of people were buried there after a routine discharge for their sympathies with the Republic as part of the fierce repression that followed the uprising.

The first murders in the area were committed in Puerto Lobo; then on the edge of the road that leads to Alfacar and from September 1936 on the Barranco trails."

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Group that erected the marker: Junta de Andalucia

URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]

Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
GR-3101
Viznar, Granada España
18179


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