Tronera esglaonada / Stepped embrasure
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Acabant'se la Segona Guerra Mundial, el regim feixista de Franco va temer (i per desgracia no fou així) una invasió aliada. Per això es fortificaren de punta a punta els Pirineus, amb una serie de fortificacions de formigó anomenades, amb "molta" imaginació, Linea P. Localment també s'ha conegut com Linea Gutierrez o Perez, potser com a broma.
Just sota Camprodon n'hi ha un sector força interessant. Hi ha diversos bunquers des del "Coll de Camprodon" seguint la carretera C38 fins al riu Ter en el punt on la plana desapareix del tot. Obviament, tot i "cedir" Camprodon, es un punt estrategic clau, ja que la carretera queda atrapada entre els cingles i el riu.
Inmediatament al costat de la carretera hi ha aquests dos bunquers, un d'ametralladores i un altre d'artilleria antitanc.
A Martinet de Cerdanya es pot visitar un sector de la linea, el CR 53, al Cabiscol.
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ADnia_P
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As the III Reich was losing World War II, their friends in the spanish fascist regime of Franco were afraid of an allied invasion (which never came, sadly). So they built a fortified line along the Pyrenees. It was much less impressive than the Maginot or Siegfried lines, but at least the mountains gave it a difficult terrain all arround. It was known as Linea P, "P-Line".
Just below Camprodon there is a quite interesting sector. There are several bunkers from the "Coll de Camprodon" following the C38 road to the river Ter at the point where the plain disappears completely. Obviously, despite "yielding" Camprodon, it is a key strategic point, since the road is trapped between the cliffs and the river.
Immediately next to the road are these two bunkers, one for machine guns and one for anti-tank artillery.
In Martinet de Cerdanya, a sector of the line (the CR-53) is open to the public and restored.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ADnea_P
Tronera esglaonada / Stepped embrasure
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Acabant'se la Segona Guerra Mundial, el regim feixista de Franco va temer (i per desgracia no fou així) una invasió aliada. Per això es fortificaren de punta a punta els Pirineus, amb una serie de fortificacions de formigó anomenades, amb "molta" imaginació, Linea P. Localment també s'ha conegut com Linea Gutierrez o Perez, potser com a broma.
Just sota Camprodon n'hi ha un sector força interessant. Hi ha diversos bunquers des del "Coll de Camprodon" seguint la carretera C38 fins al riu Ter en el punt on la plana desapareix del tot. Obviament, tot i "cedir" Camprodon, es un punt estrategic clau, ja que la carretera queda atrapada entre els cingles i el riu.
Inmediatament al costat de la carretera hi ha aquests dos bunquers, un d'ametralladores i un altre d'artilleria antitanc.
A Martinet de Cerdanya es pot visitar un sector de la linea, el CR 53, al Cabiscol.
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ADnia_P
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As the III Reich was losing World War II, their friends in the spanish fascist regime of Franco were afraid of an allied invasion (which never came, sadly). So they built a fortified line along the Pyrenees. It was much less impressive than the Maginot or Siegfried lines, but at least the mountains gave it a difficult terrain all arround. It was known as Linea P, "P-Line".
Just below Camprodon there is a quite interesting sector. There are several bunkers from the "Coll de Camprodon" following the C38 road to the river Ter at the point where the plain disappears completely. Obviously, despite "yielding" Camprodon, it is a key strategic point, since the road is trapped between the cliffs and the river.
Immediately next to the road are these two bunkers, one for machine guns and one for anti-tank artillery.
In Martinet de Cerdanya, a sector of the line (the CR-53) is open to the public and restored.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ADnea_P