Museo Memorial del Cinturón de Hierro

About the museum

The Museo Memorial del Cinturón de Hierro is in the Centro de Cultura in Berango, a few minutes from the remains of the defensive line that the Basque Government (Gobierno de Euzkadi) built in 1936 and 1937 to protect Bilbao during the Spanish Civil War. It commemorates the people who died in the conflict and explains how and why this belt of fortifications was built, a project on which thousands of people worked.

Through a clear and modern set design, the exhibition shows the features of the fortifications, including machine-gun nests, and recounts their capture by Francoist troops in June 1937: about 48 hours of intense fighting that decided the battle for Bilbao.

The visit includes an exhibition room with space for about 40 people, a short film, and the possibility of seeing the surviving remains of the defensive line in Berango and Sopela. The museum also organises guided visits, lectures and activities, and its website offers a virtual tour and downloadable leaflets.

Key themes

• Set design on the building and fall of the Iron Belt
• Account of the June 1937 battles that decided the battle for Bilbao
• Short film on the defensive line
• Remains of fortifications and machine-gun nests near the museum
• Guided visits by appointment

Permanent exhibition

• Exposición permanente sobre el Cinturón de Hierro – Modern set design explaining why and how Bilbao's defensive line was built, what its fortifications were like and how it fell in June 1937.

Operated by

Ayuntamiento de Berango

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