Restes del 1938 / Remains of 1938
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Fotografia feta amb la Hasselblad 500 C/M, fabricada el 1979; objectiu Carl Zeiss Distagon f4/50mm; pel·licula Ilford Delta 100 revelada amb HC110.
Tot revisant el front del Pallars durant la guerra civil, estava buscant alguna posició relativament facil d'arribar-hi, ja que moltes estan dalt de cims pedregosos lluny de qualsevol carretera. Però entorn Llavorsí, tot i que no tenia gens clar del tot per on passava concretament el front, em semblava que prop d'alguna carretera hi podia arribar. Efectivament, en cert turó o carena semblava que hi havia restes de murs entre el bosc. Podien ser també antigues bordes, però calia comprovar-ho sobre el terreny.
No indicaré el punt exacte, per provar de protegir la zona i les restes.
Després de caminar uns 30 minuts, vaig arribar a la cresta del puig, on efectivament hi ha una antiga borda. Vaig començar a recorrer la carena cap a ponent, en un bosc molt ventós i curiosament farcit de buinarades de vaca.
Just en el punt on la carena inicia un marcat descens, vaig trobar restes de trinxeres i sobretot, barraques on s'aixoplugaven els soldats. Per si calgues reafirmar la identitat de les restes, fragments de filferro espinós i sobretot un total control visual sobre Llavorsí, em varen esborrar tots els dubtes. Aquest era el front de combat feixista entre abril del 1938 i gener del 1939.
S'ha de dir que a la zona no hi va haver cap mena de combat important, però compta amb moltes restes de barraques i alguna trinxera, totes just a la carena. Per a ells era vital aquesta posició, ja que des d'aquí els republicans podrien haver controlat l'artilleria sobre Llavorsí, un punt clau de la logistica enemiga. Per altra banda no vaig trobar cap resta d'armament, logic donat que no s'hi va combatre.
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Picture taken with a Hasselblad 500 C/M, made in 1979; Carl Zeiss Distagon f4/50mm lens; Ilford Delta 100 film, developed in HC110.
While reviewing the Pallars front during the civil war prior to our trip to the area, I was looking for some position that was relatively easy to get to, as many are high on rocky peaks far from any roads. But around Llavorsí, even though I wasn't entirely clear where the front actually passed, it seemed to me that it was near a village. Indeed, on this hill it seemed that there were remains of walls among the forest (on Google Earth). They could also be old cattle huts, so it was necessary to check it on the ground.
I will not detail the exact location, as is better to stay preserved and free of looters.
After walking for about 30 minutes, I arrived at the crest of the hill, where there is indeed an old hut. I started walking along the ridge to the west, in a very windy forest curiously full of cow dung.
Right at the point where the ridge begins a marked descent, I found remains of trenches and above all, ruins of huts where the soldiers took shelter. In case you need to reaffirm the identity of the remains, fragments of barbed wire and above all a total visual control over Llavorsí, they erased all my doubts. This was the fascist combat front between April 1938 and January 1939.
It must be said that there was no major combat in the area, but it has many remains of barracks and some trenches, all right on the ridge. For them this position was vital, since from here the republicans could have controlled the artillery on Llavorsí, a key point of enemy logistics. On the other hand, I did not find any remains of weapons, logical given that there was no combat.
Restes del 1938 / Remains of 1938
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Fotografia feta amb la Hasselblad 500 C/M, fabricada el 1979; objectiu Carl Zeiss Distagon f4/50mm; pel·licula Ilford Delta 100 revelada amb HC110.
Tot revisant el front del Pallars durant la guerra civil, estava buscant alguna posició relativament facil d'arribar-hi, ja que moltes estan dalt de cims pedregosos lluny de qualsevol carretera. Però entorn Llavorsí, tot i que no tenia gens clar del tot per on passava concretament el front, em semblava que prop d'alguna carretera hi podia arribar. Efectivament, en cert turó o carena semblava que hi havia restes de murs entre el bosc. Podien ser també antigues bordes, però calia comprovar-ho sobre el terreny.
No indicaré el punt exacte, per provar de protegir la zona i les restes.
Després de caminar uns 30 minuts, vaig arribar a la cresta del puig, on efectivament hi ha una antiga borda. Vaig començar a recorrer la carena cap a ponent, en un bosc molt ventós i curiosament farcit de buinarades de vaca.
Just en el punt on la carena inicia un marcat descens, vaig trobar restes de trinxeres i sobretot, barraques on s'aixoplugaven els soldats. Per si calgues reafirmar la identitat de les restes, fragments de filferro espinós i sobretot un total control visual sobre Llavorsí, em varen esborrar tots els dubtes. Aquest era el front de combat feixista entre abril del 1938 i gener del 1939.
S'ha de dir que a la zona no hi va haver cap mena de combat important, però compta amb moltes restes de barraques i alguna trinxera, totes just a la carena. Per a ells era vital aquesta posició, ja que des d'aquí els republicans podrien haver controlat l'artilleria sobre Llavorsí, un punt clau de la logistica enemiga. Per altra banda no vaig trobar cap resta d'armament, logic donat que no s'hi va combatre.
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Picture taken with a Hasselblad 500 C/M, made in 1979; Carl Zeiss Distagon f4/50mm lens; Ilford Delta 100 film, developed in HC110.
While reviewing the Pallars front during the civil war prior to our trip to the area, I was looking for some position that was relatively easy to get to, as many are high on rocky peaks far from any roads. But around Llavorsí, even though I wasn't entirely clear where the front actually passed, it seemed to me that it was near a village. Indeed, on this hill it seemed that there were remains of walls among the forest (on Google Earth). They could also be old cattle huts, so it was necessary to check it on the ground.
I will not detail the exact location, as is better to stay preserved and free of looters.
After walking for about 30 minutes, I arrived at the crest of the hill, where there is indeed an old hut. I started walking along the ridge to the west, in a very windy forest curiously full of cow dung.
Right at the point where the ridge begins a marked descent, I found remains of trenches and above all, ruins of huts where the soldiers took shelter. In case you need to reaffirm the identity of the remains, fragments of barbed wire and above all a total visual control over Llavorsí, they erased all my doubts. This was the fascist combat front between April 1938 and January 1939.
It must be said that there was no major combat in the area, but it has many remains of barracks and some trenches, all right on the ridge. For them this position was vital, since from here the republicans could have controlled the artillery on Llavorsí, a key point of enemy logistics. On the other hand, I did not find any remains of weapons, logical given that there was no combat.