During the Spanish Civil War, the region of Galicia, controlled by the national side, had two of the best defended coasts in the world.<\/p>\n
The first of these stretches of coast was the \u00c1rtabro Gulf<\/strong>, which covers the Ferrol, Betanzos and Burgo estuaries, due to the naval base of the Spanish Navy in Ferrol and the important port of La Coru\u00f1a. The second section was in the R\u00edas Bajas, with six batteries:<\/strong> the J-1 Puerto Cuaces<\/a> and the J-2 Cabo Udra<\/a>, both guarding the exit of the Pontevedra estuary, and the J-3 de Monteferro<\/a>, the J-4 of Cabo Silleiro Alto<\/a>, the J-5 by Silleiro Bajo<\/a> and the J-6 de La Gu\u00eda<\/a>, guarding the Vigo Estuary, since the city of Vigo had one of the most important ports on the national side<\/strong>, a great arrival point for weapons and supplies.<\/p>\n I have already spoken a few times here about the J-3 Battery of Monteferro.<\/a> This battery was installed in 1936, at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War<\/strong>, on the Monteferro peninsula, located in the southern bank of the R\u00eda de Vigo and in the municipality of Nigr\u00e1n (Pontevedra). It was equipped with three Mun\u00e1iz-Arg\u00fcelles 150\/45 Model 1903 rapid-fire cannons<\/strong>, pieces with a range of 13 km that were brought from Ferrol. The battery was active until the 1960s<\/strong>, when it went into reserve, but remained as a military installation until May 4, 1989, when it was abandoned and the Ministry of Defense gave the land to the mountain community.<\/p>\n The battery preserves two of its three original cannons.<\/strong> The third cannon was donated by the Army to the Cotobade City Council, where it was displayed until 2004, being later sent to a municipal plot, from where It was recovered by the Brigade \"Galicia\" VII (BRILAT) in 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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