Bunkers on the Serra Grossa
For those of you unfamiliar with the geography of Alicante, the Serra Grossa are a pair of hills which lie directly north of Santa Barbara Castle along the coast towards San Juan. They are bordered by Avienda de Denia and the seafront road between Alicante-San Juan.
Both hills are natural parks and protected areas and have quite a few walking paths arounds and over them, great for excercise and with some superb views.
The lower of the two hills (nearest Alicante) and directly behind the tram station for Plaza Mar 2 shopping center, has two interesting Civil War era bunkers on the seaward side.
Anti-Aircraft Emplacement
The entire bunker complex consists of a circular gun-pit with an ammunition bunker, about 60 feet of concrete trench (some with conrete top cover) and two small personel shelters/bunkers. The whole site is accessable and has been at some time renovated, it has however fallen into disrepair and poorly treated by local youths - rubbish and graffiti abound. 😝
Nice. The WW2 “slit trench” my father and his chums defended at the top end of our village (on the outskirts of Sheffield) has long since collapsed and is now no more than a slight indentation covered in long grass.
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Geoff
The AA batteries on the headland above Mumbles (Swansea) were just overgrown and basically reclaimed by nature. Some of the bunkers I`ve fould here have been interesting and semi-complete, but most have been badly miss-treated by local youths over the years :(
DeleteGreat work Richard, bringing to life, a bit of 'recent' history, where the victors long wrote the history books; and the fact these have survived is a minor miracle. You could be paving the way for a 'time team' development on local Spanish TV!! Meanwhile keep up the great work on historical research and highlighting the archaeological potential. Great photos. Could also be a starting point for historical tours of SCW 'remnants'!!?? Carl
ReplyDeleteyou are far too kind mate, I`m just indulging my interest in things military.
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