El Call in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain — Southwestern Europe (Iberian Peninsula)

Memorial to the Victims of the Bombing of January 30, 1938

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 19, 2019

1. Memorial to the Victims of the Bombing of January 30, 1938 Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

(Catalan:)
En memòria
de les 16 persones
que van morir
en aquest indret
el 30 de gener de 1938,
víctimes del bombardeig
de l'aviació feixista
italiana, aliada de
l'exèrcit franquista

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(English translation:)

In memory of the 16 people who were killed here on January 30, 1938, victims of the bombing of the fascist Italian Air Force, allied to the Francoist Army

Erected 2017 by Ajuntament de Barcelona, Programes de Memòria.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Wars, Non-US. In addition, it is included in the Barcelona Programes de Memòria series list.

Location. 41° 22.962′ N, 2° 10.524′ E. Memorial is in Barcelona, Cataluña (Catalonia). It is in El Call. It is on Placeta de Manuel Ribé. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Barcelona, Cataluña 08002, Spain. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

in Europe,

in the European Union,

in Atlantic Europe,

on the Iberian Peninsula,

in the Schengen Area,

in a coastal Mediterranean country,

and in the Western World.

Historically,

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it finds itself in what was once the Byzantine Empire,

a Spanish colony,

and the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: El Call: Placeta de Manuel Ribé (here, next to this marker); El Call: Rabbi Samuel Ha-Sardi Stone (within shouting distance of this marker); El Call: Carrer de Sant Sever (within shouting distance of this marker); El Call: Carrer de Sant Domènec (within shouting distance of this marker); Collegi Sant Jordi / College of Sant Jordi (within shouting distance of this marker); El Call: Carrer de Sant Honorat (within shouting distance of this marker); El Call: Carrer de L'Arc de San Ramon del Call (within shouting distance of this marker); The Aerial Bombing of the Plaza / El Bombardeo de la Plaza / El Bombardeig de la Plaça (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Barcelona.

Also see . . . Barcelona pursues Italy over 1938 bombing (The Guardian, January 26, 2013). "In 1938 Savoia bombers from Benito Mussolini's Italian air force rained bombs on the Spanish city as they broke non-intervention treaties

Memorial to the Victims of the Bombing of January 30, 1938 Marker - Wide View image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 19, 2019

2. Memorial to the Victims of the Bombing of January 30, 1938 Marker - Wide View

to support General Francisco Franco's rightwing rebels in the Spanish civil war. The use of attacks from the air was designed to provoke panic, kill civilians and destroy morale. Within a few years, the technique would spread through war-torn Europe as cities such as Coventry, Hamburg and Dresden were subjected to blanket bombing." (Submitted on October 2, 2019.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 2, 2019, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 387 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 2, 2019, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.