He Zaragozano municipality From Fayón this weekend will become the stage of one of the most relevant episodes of the Spanish Civil War. From July 25 to 27, the XVII Recreation of the Battle of Ebro is celebrated, an event declared a Festival of Tourist Interest of Aragon, which in this edition will pay special attention to the role played by women.
“His role in rear was very important, also on the front line, they actively participated in combat, in health, in Intendance, in supplements … and we also want to highlight the role that the woman had in the sabotage groups.” The heritage technician of the City Council of Fayón and Historian, Aitor García, explained.
Recreation will have the participation of some 300 recreation, from different parts of Spain And of the French group Brigadiste. Among them, the presence of Joël Ruiz, son of a Spanish emigrant volunteer who fought in the battle of the Ebro and other fronts with anarchist militias. On Friday 25, Ruiz will present the book “The Hidden War Journal of my father: notes, silences and mysteries”, based on personal documents of his parent.
Abraham Martínez, provincial deputy, has expressed his “pride” to the celebration of the XVII edition that is already “a reference for our entire territory.”
During the three days you can also visit the Ebro Battle Museum, considered one of the most complete museum equipment about the civil war in Spain. The center has more than 1,300 unused explosive artifacts, as well as aviation material, vehicles, weapons, recreations of campaign hospitals and a historical archive.
PROGRAMMING
Friday July 25
Saturday July 26
Sunday, July 27
Friday July 25
19.00 hours. Presentation of the book “The Hidden War Journal of my father: notes, silences and mysteries”. Between France and Spain, the tribulations of Felix and his libertarian friends in charge of its author, Joël Díaz, member of the French recreation group “Le Brigadiste”.
20.30 hours. IV Edition of the Military and Civil Ex still contest of the Battle of the Ebro
21.30 hours. Dinner for Recreators.
Saturday July 26
From 9.00 to 18.00. Military market in La Reixaga space. Ideal for those looking for souvenirs, memories, replicas or bibliography of the Battle of the Ebro.
From 10.00 to 13.30. Guided visits to the Set UPS in the Reixaga Historical Recreation Space
Prices of 7 euros for adults from 12 years and 4 euros for children between 3 and 12
From 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Visits without guide to the Museum of the Battle of the Ebro de Fayón. Price (7 euros from 12 years and 4 euros reduced entry from 3 to 12 years)
14.00 to 18.00. Popular food.
From 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Troop formation and Ebro step by Republican divisions 42 and 44.
The action will be narrated live by a speaker and will have terrestrial, river and aerial media, including an acrobatics hunt that will simulate bombardments and boats crossing the river.
From 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Recreation of the fighting of the Battle of the Ebro
From 20.00 to 8.30 pm. Crossing flags and I remember the victims.
The price of general entry to recreation is 4 euros.
22.00 hours. Dinner for Recreators
Sunday, July 27
From 10.00 to 12.00. Living trench “The secrets of position No. 36”
On Sunday the historical recreation will be transferred to position No. 36, a very prominent fortified hill during the battle of the Ebro. The secrets that hide have been recovering as it excavated archaeologically and that the recreaters will reproduce before the assistant public through the II living trench of historical recreation.
Prices of 7 euros for adults from 12 years and 4 euros for children between 3 and 12
The recreation of the Battle of the Ebro is celebrated every year on the last weekend of July, coinciding with the anniversary of the attack of the Republican troops. The initiative arose from neighborhood impulse and has established itself as one of the most relevant cultural acts around the memory of the civil war in Aragon.
