Belchite - Ghost Town in Spain



Belchite is a village in Zaragoza province, Spain, about 40 km southeast of Zaragoza. It has a population of about 1,647 (2007).



On June 15, 1809, French and Spanish forces in the Peninsular War fought
the Battle of Mar*a near Belchite.



Between August 24 and September 7, 1937, Republican and Nationalist forces in the Spanish Civil War fought the Battle of Belchite in and around the town. After 1939 a new village of Belchite was built adjacent to the ruins of the old, which remain a ghost town as a memorial to the war.


The remains of the old village have been used as filming locations in some Spanish and Hollywood movies.