Doble abandó / Twice decayed
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Aquest bunker alemany de la Segona Guerra Mundial fou reaprofitat com a xalet de costa per algú a qui la "belllesa" intrinseca de la construcció no li treia la son. Val a dir que no calia patir per si les parets es queien... Però amb el temps també fou abandonat de nou.
Al sud de la vila occitana de Leucata (antiga fortalessa francesa oposada a Salses), hi ha les restes d'una bateria de costa alemana, part del Südwall de la Segona Guerra Mundial.
Es tracta de la bateria HKAR 1290 Leucate-Pardigan, formada per un bunquer de direcció de tir, quatre bunquers d'artilleria i alguns altres de menors, com defensa AA i un polvorí soterrani. Els 4 canons eren peces sovietiques capturades, denominades 12,2cm K390/1 (r) pels alemanys. Estaven situades en casamates tipus Regelbau 669. De fet es tracta de canons sovietics M1931/37 (A-19) de 122 mm.
De les 4 casamates, fa gracia perque hi ha varietat: una està tancada, l'altra fou convertida en xalet (!!!) i abandonada, la 3ª rebentà per una explosió interna, i la darrera està més tal qual (apart dels grafitis).
Foto feta amb una Rolleiflex Old Standard fabricada el 1933; objectiu Carl Zeiss Tessar f3.5 75mm; pelicula Kodak Tri-X 400 revelada en HC110.
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This German WW2 artillery bunker was later "converted" as a seaside bungalow by someone not bothered about the "beauty" of his summer villa. It indeed had bomb-proof walls, but somehow ended abandoned again, and now it's all sacked and open.
In the Languedoc coast, to the south of the Leucate village (a former French fortress opposite Salses) you could see the remains of a German coastal battery, part of the Südwall of World War II.
This is the HKAR 1290 Leucate-Pardigan Battery, made up of a Fire Direction bunker, four artillery bunkers and a few minor ones, such as Flak Defense and an underground magazine. The 4 guns were captured Soviet pieces, called 12.2cm K390 / 1 (r) by the Germans. They were located in Regelbau 669 type casemates, in fact they were 122mm M1931 / 37 (A-19) Soviet guns.
Of the 4 casemates, it is funny because there is variety of abandonement: one is closed and in fair shape, the other was converted into a villa (!!!) and abandoned, the 3rd burst due to an internal explosion, and the last one was left to it's own (apart from the graffiti).
lecami.eklablog.com/leucate-fortifications-p1325228
sudwall.superforum.fr/t2518-lgs-094-7-i-hkar-1290-pardiga...
sudwall.superforum.fr/t2212-122cm-k390-1-r
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/122_mm_gun_M1931/37_(A-19)
Doble abandó / Twice decayed
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Aquest bunker alemany de la Segona Guerra Mundial fou reaprofitat com a xalet de costa per algú a qui la "belllesa" intrinseca de la construcció no li treia la son. Val a dir que no calia patir per si les parets es queien... Però amb el temps també fou abandonat de nou.
Al sud de la vila occitana de Leucata (antiga fortalessa francesa oposada a Salses), hi ha les restes d'una bateria de costa alemana, part del Südwall de la Segona Guerra Mundial.
Es tracta de la bateria HKAR 1290 Leucate-Pardigan, formada per un bunquer de direcció de tir, quatre bunquers d'artilleria i alguns altres de menors, com defensa AA i un polvorí soterrani. Els 4 canons eren peces sovietiques capturades, denominades 12,2cm K390/1 (r) pels alemanys. Estaven situades en casamates tipus Regelbau 669. De fet es tracta de canons sovietics M1931/37 (A-19) de 122 mm.
De les 4 casamates, fa gracia perque hi ha varietat: una està tancada, l'altra fou convertida en xalet (!!!) i abandonada, la 3ª rebentà per una explosió interna, i la darrera està més tal qual (apart dels grafitis).
Foto feta amb una Rolleiflex Old Standard fabricada el 1933; objectiu Carl Zeiss Tessar f3.5 75mm; pelicula Kodak Tri-X 400 revelada en HC110.
lecami.eklablog.com/leucate-fortifications-p1325228
sudwall.superforum.fr/t2518-lgs-094-7-i-hkar-1290-pardiga...
sudwall.superforum.fr/t2212-122cm-k390-1-r
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/122_mm_gun_M1931/37_(A-19)
====================
This German WW2 artillery bunker was later "converted" as a seaside bungalow by someone not bothered about the "beauty" of his summer villa. It indeed had bomb-proof walls, but somehow ended abandoned again, and now it's all sacked and open.
In the Languedoc coast, to the south of the Leucate village (a former French fortress opposite Salses) you could see the remains of a German coastal battery, part of the Südwall of World War II.
This is the HKAR 1290 Leucate-Pardigan Battery, made up of a Fire Direction bunker, four artillery bunkers and a few minor ones, such as Flak Defense and an underground magazine. The 4 guns were captured Soviet pieces, called 12.2cm K390 / 1 (r) by the Germans. They were located in Regelbau 669 type casemates, in fact they were 122mm M1931 / 37 (A-19) Soviet guns.
Of the 4 casemates, it is funny because there is variety of abandonement: one is closed and in fair shape, the other was converted into a villa (!!!) and abandoned, the 3rd burst due to an internal explosion, and the last one was left to it's own (apart from the graffiti).
lecami.eklablog.com/leucate-fortifications-p1325228
sudwall.superforum.fr/t2518-lgs-094-7-i-hkar-1290-pardiga...
sudwall.superforum.fr/t2212-122cm-k390-1-r
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/122_mm_gun_M1931/37_(A-19)