During the Spanish Civil War, aviation emerged as one of the most important factors that would tip the balance towards one side or the other. In this context, and due to the lack of existing infrastructures, a series of aerodromes were built all over Spain. Valencia was no exception; throughout the conflict, up to 38 aviation fields were built to supply goods to battlefronts and defend against enemy attacks.
This exhibition, organised by the Valencian Ministry of Housing, Public Work and Territorial Planning via the Demetrio Ribes Chair, presents these aerodromes and their constituent elements—command and guard posts, shelters and gunpowder magazines—as a defence network for the region and situates them in their historical context, alongside bombings and air warfare, aircraft and aviators, industrial production and cartography, and surrounded by culture, art and memory.
Exhibition Information
Llíria
Exhibition room of Ca la Vila
23 October - 30 November
Curatorship
Manuel Carreres Rodríguez
Technical Coordination
Rubén Pacheco Díaz
Demetrio Ribes Chair Team
Luis Arciniega García (director)
Laura Bolinches Martínez
Manuel Carreres Rodríguez
Susana Climent Viguer
Desirée Juliana Colomer
Rubén Pacheco Díaz
Research and Documentation
Isabel Molinero Ramírez
Expository Design
Simbols
Intinerancy
- IES El Ravatxol de Castellar-Oliveral. From June 5 to July 25, 2025
- València: Exhibition hall ADIF Station Valencia Joaquín Sorolla. 21 December 2018 - 27 January 2019
Requena: Exhibition hall of the Antiguo Mercado. 1 to 23 February 2019 - Petrer: Exhibition hall Vicente Poveda. 1 to 17 March 2019
Castelló: Ethnology Museum of Castelló. 11 April to 5 May 2019 - Onil: Centre Cultural d'Onil Eusebio Sempre. 16 May to 30 June 2019 [extended until 6 October]
- El Toro: Meeting room of the City Hall of El Toro. 12 to 20 October 2019
- Monòver: Kursaal Fleta. Exhibition hall José Mª Román Amat «Pita». 8 November to 8 December 2019
- Elda: Hall Museo del Calzado. 13 to 29 April 2021
- Villar del Arzobispo: Exhibition hall of the Instituto Viejo Cultural Centre. 2 to 30 September 2021
València: Reales Atarazanas of València. November-December 2021
