Guadarrama Pass
Geography
This pass is part of San Rafael in El Espinar municipal term, Segovia Province, on its northern side and Guadarrama, Madrid Province, on its southern side. It is located in the southern slopes of the 1,556 m (5,105 ft) high Cerro de la Sevillana, between the 1,824 m (5,984 ft) high Cabeza Líjar and 1,945 m (6,381 ft) high La Peñota peaks.
The Guadarrama Pass is an important communication line between Segovia Province and the Madrid area through the N-VI highway between Madrid and Corunna.
History
There are remains of Spanish Civil War bunkers and trenches in the area of the pass. The rebel faction took the northern side of the range after the Battle of Guadarrama and the Second Division of the Spanish Republican Army operated in the area between December 1936 and March 1939.
See also
References
- ^ GoogleEarth
- ^ David Mathieson, Frontline Madrid: Battlefield Tours of the Spanish Civil War.
- ^ Carlos Engel, Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del E. P. de la República, 1999
External links
- Media related to Puerto de Guadarrama at Wikimedia Commons