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Cerco y liberación del Santuario de la Virgen de la Cabeza

Andújar, Campiña de Jaén, Jaén

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Cerco y liberación del Santuario de la Virgen de la Cabeza

Historical milestone · Andújar, Campiña de Jaén, Jaén

Image of Andújar, not of the place itself.

During the Civil War, a group of civil guards and Falangists held out under siege at the sanctuary, in the Sierra Morena, from August 1936 until it fell on 1 May 1937. The building was destroyed and later rebuilt.

1936-1937

Photo: Mileurista (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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