Refugi Antiaeri de Flix Flix

The Flix air raid shelter is an air raid shelter built in Flix ( Ribera d'Ebre ) during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). It is located on Calle de Sant Josep, and also has an opening in Plaza de la Música. It is a work included in the Inventory of the Architectural Heritage of Catalonia. Currently the shelter is a museum, with audiovisuals and information panels. The space recovers the historical memory of the different spaces of the Battle of the Ebro and can be visited after a concerted visit with the La Cana Association.

The Flix air raid shelter was part of the group of 12 shelters located. The construction of the shelters was agreed after the sudden bombardment of February 23, 1937, which forced the Flix Local Passive Defense Board to dig inside the population. The supervision of the work was carried out by technicians from the Riegos y Saltos del Ebro company, who had been building the rush since 1936, and with the collaboration of the population.

The Francoist army suspected that the chemical compounds needed to produce explosives could be manufactured in the Flix Electrochemical Society factory. This, together with Flix 's strategic position during the Battle of the Ebro, made the town a target for bombardment. The first bombardments took place on February 23, 1937, and in the following days it was agreed to build anti-aircraft shelters in Flix, among them the one on San José street. It is not known exactly how many bombardments Flix suffered, but the attacks were constant until November 17, 1938, when 115 days after the Battle of the Ebro, Flix was occupied by fascist troops.