Auts
| Auts | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 434 m (1,424 ft) |
| Listing | List of mountains in Aragon |
| Coordinates | 41°19′N 0°17′E / 41.317°N 0.283°E |
| Geography | |
  Auts Spain | |
| Location | Bajo Cinca (Aragon) |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Sedimentary rock |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | Unknown |
| Easiest route | Drive from Mequinenza |
Auts (Catalan pronunciation: . Its maximum elevation is 434 metres.
History
These moderately high, dry mountains were the scenario of one of the most bloody confrontations during the Battle of the Ebro in the Spanish Civil War (1936–39). On 25 July 1938 the
Auts Monument
Six decades after the events, on August 8, 1998, the "Quinta del Biberón", a group of survivors inaugurated the monument erected on the hillside of the Alto de los Auts, a key position, the highest and most strongly defended by the Republicans of the Mequinenza-Fayón battle. The monument, designed by Javier Torres, is chaired by two plaques, in Catalan and Spanish, and two helmets on each side. The plaque says: 'To all those who lost, who were all'. The event involved up to 250 "biberones" accompanied by their families. After making a floral offering at the foot of the monument, the veterans recalled the thirst, heat and illness they suffered at those spaces.
Origin of the name
The name "Auts" comes most likely from an ancient Catalan word for "heights", "alts" in modern Catalan. Referring to hills this name appears, for example, in Ramon Llull's following text:
«Los cavaliers veem que fant castells i forces en los auts munts, per tal que si son vensuts ni sobrats en los píans, que fugen en los munts».[5]
See also
References
- ^ SBHAC - Brigadas Mixtas del Ejército Popular, 226ª Brigada Mixta
- ^ Carlos Engel, Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del E. P. de la República, 1999
- ^ La batalla de l'Ebre - Association of Former Republican Soldiers
- ^ La Batalla de l’Ebre a l’any 2007
- ^ Ramon Llull, Llibre de Conlemplacló en Déu, 112, 22.
Bibliography
- Jaume Aguadé i Sordé, El diari de guerra de Lluís Randé i Inglés; Batalles del Segre i de l’Ebre i camps de concentració (abril 1938 - juliol 1939), El Tinter ISBN 84-9791-082-6