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 Works and Territorial Planning via the Cátedra Demetrio Ribes, 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.
Roamings:
València
Sala d'exposicions Estació ADIF València Joaquim Sorolla
21 December 2018 - 27 January 2019
Poster
Requena
Sala de exposiciones del Antiguo Mercado
1 to 23 February 2019
Poster
Petrer
Sala d'exposicions Vicente Poveda
1 to 17 March 2019
Poster
Castelló
Museu d'Etnologia de Castelló
11 April to 5 May 2019
Poster
Onil
Centre Cultural d'Onil Eusebio Sempre
16 May to 30 June 2019 [6 October] Kursaal Fleta.
Poster
El Toro
Salón de Plenos del Ayuntamiento de El Toro
12 - 20 October 2019
Poster
Monòver
Sala d'exposicions José Mª Román Amat «Pita». 8 November to 8 Desember 2019
Poster
Elda
Hall Museo del Calzado. 13 - 29 April 2021
Poster
Villar del Arzobispo
Sala de exposiciones del Centro Sociocultural Instituto Viejo. 2 - 30 September 2021
Poster
València
Reales Atarazanas de València. November-desember 2021
Poster
Llíria
Sala d'exposicions de Ca la Vila
23 octubre - 30 novembre
Curation
Manuel Carreres Rodríguez
Technical coordination
Rubén Pacheco Díaz
Càtedra Demetrio Ribes Team
Luis Arciniega García (director)
Laura Bolinches Martínez
Manuel Carreres Rodríguez
Susana Climent Viguer
Desirée Juliana Colomer
Rubén Pacheco Díaz
Exhibition design
Isabel Molinero Ramírez
Production and installation
Simbols