Archival analysis of the construction projects of the barracks during the Franco dictatorship: the example of Badajoz province (1943-1971)

Abstract

This paper deals with the study of the documentation of construction projects of Guard Barracks Houses that took place in Extremadura after the Civil War Española (1936-1939). Therefore, a study on the historical context and the legislation under which these construction projects were conceived is carried out. In addition, an archival analysis of two of the files that are kept in the Archive of the Badajoz Territorial Service of the Ministry of Mobility, Transportation and Housing of the Junta de Extremadura is carried out. Through this analysis, we will be able to verify the characteristics of the documentation we are facing, as well as its historical purpose. The objective of the present work is to make known the importance of the documentation of the construction projects of barracks houses in Extremadura, generated during the Franco Dictatorship. The methodology has been determined by a series of phases such as the collection and study of the projects of Guard Barracks House in Extremadura during the Franco Dictatorship, preserved in the Archive of the Territorial Service of Badajoz, and the analysis of two dossier of the construction projects of Guard Barracks House of the first and last Franco Dictatorship period. The result of this analysis will reveal the differences in the documentation of the construction projects of Guard Barracks House of the first and last Franco Dictatorship period.

Keywords

• casas cuartel
• guardia civil
• proyectos de construcción
• franquismo
• regiones devastadas