Word: tibidabo
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Dates: during 1939-1939
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When General Juan Yague's troops reached the 600-foot-high hill of Montjuich commanding Barcelona's harbor they saw a white flag flying from the fortress. When General Garcia Valino's soldiers climbed the summit of Tibidabo, on the west, and looked down upon the city gleaming in brilliant sunshine, they saw white sheets, towels and Rebel red & gold bunting flying from windows and housetops...
Sweeping past Montserrat, the high mountain on which the most famous of Spain's monasteries stands, the Rebels' western force pressed on toward the high range of hills, highest of which is Tibidabo, at Barcelona's back door. Barcelona's last-ditch stand would come before Tibidabo was reached, since the Rebel capture of it would mean certain conquest of the city...
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