Trinxeres a Montgai / A bunker in the dusk
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Foto feta amb una Rolleiflex Old Standard fabricada el 1936; objectiu Carl Zeiss Tessar f3.5 / 75mm; pelicula Fomapan 100, revelada amb Rodinal 1+50.
Vista de les trinxeres i bunquers republicans de La Pleta, a Montgai. Era ja un vespre gris i plujós de tardor, amb un ambient tètric i poca llum, acabant el dia. A Montgai s'han restaurat molt bé bona part de les fortificacions de 2ª linea que s'hi varen construir durant la guerra civil.
El cap de pont de Balaguer fou una de les més importants zones de combat de la guerra civil a Catalunya, al llarg de tot el 1938. Els feixistes capturaren Balaguer i el seu pont l'abril d'aquell any, resistiren forts contraatacs republicans aquell maig, i el front s'estancà fins el desembre, quan l'ofensiva final sobre Catalunya trencà el front vers Artesa de Segre.
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Picture taken with my Rolleiflex Old Standard made in 1936; Carl Zeiss Tessar f3.5 75mm lens; Fomapan 100 film, developed in Rodinal 1+50.
South of the Catalan village of Montgai there are several spanish civil war positions now restored, with trench lines and concrete bunkers. This one is in the place known as La Pleta, but south of it, in Els Tossals and Font Amarga there are even more, very well restored. All these were second line positions which saw no combat and were abandoned when the front collapsed in January 1939.
The battle of the Segre river was a series of static warfare combats along this river (and it's affluent Noguera Pallaresa from april 1938 to january 1939, part of the Spanish Civil War. One of the focal points of this battle was Balaguer bridgehead, a nationalist position on the republican (eastern) side of the river. It ended with the fascist ocupation of Catalonia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Segre
No AI Training: Without in any way limiting the artist’s exclusive rights under copyright, any use of this photograph to “train” generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to produce images is expressly prohibited.
Trinxeres a Montgai / A bunker in the dusk
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Foto feta amb una Rolleiflex Old Standard fabricada el 1936; objectiu Carl Zeiss Tessar f3.5 / 75mm; pelicula Fomapan 100, revelada amb Rodinal 1+50.
Vista de les trinxeres i bunquers republicans de La Pleta, a Montgai. Era ja un vespre gris i plujós de tardor, amb un ambient tètric i poca llum, acabant el dia. A Montgai s'han restaurat molt bé bona part de les fortificacions de 2ª linea que s'hi varen construir durant la guerra civil.
El cap de pont de Balaguer fou una de les més importants zones de combat de la guerra civil a Catalunya, al llarg de tot el 1938. Els feixistes capturaren Balaguer i el seu pont l'abril d'aquell any, resistiren forts contraatacs republicans aquell maig, i el front s'estancà fins el desembre, quan l'ofensiva final sobre Catalunya trencà el front vers Artesa de Segre.
ca.wikiloc.com/rutes-senderisme/montgai-trinxeres-tossals...
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Picture taken with my Rolleiflex Old Standard made in 1936; Carl Zeiss Tessar f3.5 75mm lens; Fomapan 100 film, developed in Rodinal 1+50.
South of the Catalan village of Montgai there are several spanish civil war positions now restored, with trench lines and concrete bunkers. This one is in the place known as La Pleta, but south of it, in Els Tossals and Font Amarga there are even more, very well restored. All these were second line positions which saw no combat and were abandoned when the front collapsed in January 1939.
The battle of the Segre river was a series of static warfare combats along this river (and it's affluent Noguera Pallaresa from april 1938 to january 1939, part of the Spanish Civil War. One of the focal points of this battle was Balaguer bridgehead, a nationalist position on the republican (eastern) side of the river. It ended with the fascist ocupation of Catalonia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Segre
No AI Training: Without in any way limiting the artist’s exclusive rights under copyright, any use of this photograph to “train” generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to produce images is expressly prohibited.