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The events of Valdediós

Villaviciosa, Gijón, Asturias

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The events of Valdediós

Historical milestone · Villaviciosa, Gijón, Asturias

Image of Villaviciosa, not of the place itself.

In October 1937, as the northern front collapsed, the psychiatric hospital installed in the monastery of Valdediós was the scene of the murder of nurses and medical staff, one of the darkest episodes of the war in Asturias.

1937

Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez from Vigo, Spain (CC BY 2.0)

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