Plaza del Marques

The left tower of the Palacio de Revillagigedo seen here (now an art exhibition space) was badly damaged during the civil war, as can be seen in this old photo.

The arial bombardment of Gijon commenced in August 1936, less than a week after the start of the civil war, and was soon joined by bombardment from the see, and from summer 1937 intensified further as the Condor Legion joined in. One air raid alone in August 1936 claimed 54 lives, with 100 wounded. It was a rude awakening, as a result of which in intense period of tunnelling for air raid shelters began. The raids only terminated with the fall of Gijon to General Franco on 20th October 1937.

As Gijon had held out for the Republic, little attention was paid to the bombardment in subsequent decades and it was only the recent uncovering of old archive materials by the local water company, revealing the scale of the underground air-raid shelters, that spurred a recent study and exhibition, Gijon bajo las bombas.

A while back I blipped a wall into which what I took to be odds and ends of Roman masonary had been incorporated. I now think it's more likely to have been scraps of original masonery from this tower.