Almería Air Raid Shelters
image:Entrada refugios Almería.JPG, 300px, Entrance to the shelters. image:Refugios Almería banco.JPG, 300px, View of the interior of the galleries. The Spanish city of Almería suffered up to 52 bombings from air and sea, with a total of 754 bombs dropped during the Spanish Civil War. This led to the decision to create a system of underground shelters for the protection of approximately 40,000 civilians. These shelters measure more than 4.5 km long, and they are equipped with a surgery room and a food storage room. They were designed by the local architect Guillermo Langle Rubio, being today the most important and better preserved shelters in all Europe. History Its history began on 22 January 1937, after signing a project known as "The Project of Shelters against bombings in the city of Almería. The cost of its construction was estimated to be 4.5 million Spanish peseta, pesetas, of which the Central Government subsidized for 2 million. During the construction of t ...
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Entrada Refugios Almería
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