Tresviso II (La Mesa), Cantabria (2016). Avelino Fernández Bravo, a 29-year-old lieutenant in Battalion 257 of the Army of the North, was heading home when he was murdered and buried somewhere near the plateau in November 1937.Areces ll (Field of the Basques), Las Regueras, Asturias (2016). Las Regueras, Asturias. These fields are now reserved for pasture because in the past ploughing has turned up human remains. Eighty-seven Basque militiamen are still listed as missing in the area, since 23 February 1937.
Areces I (Field of the Basques), Las Regueras, Asturias (2016). Las Regueras, Asturias. A dovecot stands beside a trench where locals buried some 80 soldiers of the Basque army. The wounded from an improvised field hospital were murdered around noon on 23 February 1937 – mostly by bayonet.
A dovecot stands beside a trench where locals buried some 80 gudaris, as soldiers of the Basque army were called. Around noon on 23 February 1937 the pressure of the Francoists forced the army to retreat in disarray, preventing the evacuation of the 80 wounded from an improvised field hospital established in the Palace of Areces. They were discovered and murdered ‒ mostly by bayonet.
