Lobo, also known as El Lobo, Cabezo del Lobo, Cerro del Lobo and Mojón del Lobo, is a 630 m high mountain in the

Campo de Belchite Campo de Belchite is a comarca in Aragon, Spain. It is located in Zaragoza Province, in the transitional area between the Iberian System and the Ebro Valley. The administrative capital is Belchite, with 1,647 inhabitants the largest town of the c ...

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, located about 3 km (1.86 miles) to the south of

Belchite Belchite is a municipality and town in the province of Zaragoza, Spain, about 40 km southeast of Zaragoza. It is the capital of Campo de Belchite ''comarca'' (administrative region) and is located in a plain surrounded by low hills, the highe ...

and 2 km (1.24 miles) east of

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. This hill is named after the

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( es, lobo), for there were wolves in the area until the 19th century. Lobo Hill is arid and desolate-looking. It is barely covered with low and sparse clumps of dryland vegetation. There is a

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at the top marked "LOBO" in large letters.

History

There was much military activity in and around this arid mountain both in 1809 during the

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and again in 1937–1938 at the height of the

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, during the

Battle of Belchite (1937) The Battle of Belchite refers to a series of military operations that took place between 24 August and 7 September 1937, in and around the small town of Belchite, in Aragon during the Spanish Civil War. Prelude After failed attempts to captur ...

. The top of the hill commands an excellent view of the Campo de Belchite. The holes and tunnels from where the

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artillery positions fired towards what is now Belchite old town have been preserved and are open to visitors. There is also a broadcasting station with a large antenna on top of the hill.Belchite Town Hall page - Apagón analógico de televisión en Belchite
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References

External links

Cabezo del Lobo (Belchite)

Montañas de BELCHITE-cabezo lobo part 1

José Sandoval, ''Una larga caminata''
Mountains of Aragon Military history of Spain {{Aragon-geo-stub

History

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