Mémorial aux Combattants Républicains Espagnols et aux Brigades Internationales

Mémorial aux Combattants Républicains Espagnols et aux Brigades Internationales is a memorial in Gurs, Arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Mémorial aux Combattants Républicains Espagnols et aux Brigades Internationales is situated nearby to the cemetery Cimetière des Déportés, as well as near the museum Musée du Camp de Gurs.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gurs internment camp and Église Saint-Martin de Gurs.

Gurs internment camp

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Gurs internment camp was an internment camp and prisoner of war camp constructed in 1939 in Gurs, a site in southwestern France, not far from Pau. The camp was originally set up by the French government after the fall of Catalonia at the end of the Spanish Civil War to control those who fled Spain out of fear of retaliation from Francisco Franco's regime. Gurs internment camp is situated 420 metres southeast of Mémorial aux Combattants Républicains Espagnols et aux Brigades Internationales.

Église Saint-Martin de Gurs

Church

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Église Saint-Martin de Gurs is a church, which is situated 2 km northwest of Mémorial aux Combattants Républicains Espagnols et aux Brigades Internationales.

Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Dognen

Church

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Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Dognen is a church, which is situated 2 km north of Mémorial aux Combattants Républicains Espagnols et aux Brigades Internationales.