Palacio de Congresos (former bullring), Badajoz (2016). On 14 August 1936 thousands had been rounded up here to be executed. In 2006, 70 years later, the bullring was demolished and replaced with the Badajoz Congress Centre.Castuera II (Concentration Camp), Badajoz (2016). The Gamonita mine shown here and other mines around the concentration camp are believed to contain hundreds of people, disappeared from April 1939 to March 1940.
Castuera I (Concentration Camp), Badajoz (2016). Badajoz. This pedestal once carried a cross that presided over the main square of the camp. Between 8.000 and 9.000 prisoners (some studies claim as many as 20.000) were held here 1939-40.
This pedestal once carried a cross that presided over the main square of the camp and in front of which prisoners' inspections were held and religious-patriotic ceremonies celebrated. The camp had 84 barracks laid out around the square in eight streets. Between 8,000 and 9,000 prisoners (some studies claim as many as 20,000) were held here from April 1939 to March 1940.
