The ruins of the Church of San Martín de Tours[1] in the old village of Belchite in Zaragoza, Spain are a cultural property of a historical place indexed in the Spanish heritage register of Bienes de Interés Cultural under the reference RI-54-0000176.[2][3] It was built in 1560. The ruins remain a national monument and memorial to the Battle of Belchite. In the battle the church was destroyed. Franco ordered that the ruins be left untouched as a "living" monument of war.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Iglesia de San Martín de Tours - Belchite".
- ^ https://tools.wmflabs.org/heritage/api/api.php?action=search&srcountry=es&format=html&srid=RI-54-0000176&userlang=en
- ^ spanish: Este texto toma como referencia la declaración de Bien de Interés Cultural publicada en el BOA n.º 126 de fecha 26 de octubre de 2001 Archivado el 26 de abril de 2017 en la Wayback Machine. y se ajusta al artículo 13 LPI. [1] Archived 2017-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Belchite". www.uniquespain.com. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
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