Cerro Moreno guerrilla camp

A mountain camp

Cerro Moreno lies in rough, hard-to-reach mountains within Santa Cruz de Moya. Here stood a camp of the Agrupación Guerrillera de Levante y Aragón, AGLA, operating through the Cuenca, Teruel, Castellón and Valencia mountains in the 1940s and 1950s. It began as the Agrupación Guerrillera de Levante, adding Aragón to its name in November 1947.

Salvador F. Cava reconstructed camp life from guerrilla reports and testimony. There were tents, almost always for four, and two-hour watches written on paper hung from a pine. They had a duplicator to print Mundo Obrero, political papers and a radio to communicate with the leadership.

The 1949 attack

At dawn on 7 November 1949, Franco’s forces attacked the camp. Twelve of the thirteen guerrillas present died. This is the date commemorated each year.

The walk

Each year, on the Saturday nearest 7 November, people walk up to Cerro Moreno to commemorate the dead. October brings the village’s «El Maquis en Santa Cruz de Moya» (the maquis in Santa Cruz de Moya) events, which in 2026 included a climb to the camp.

Plan your visit

Before you travel

This is a place of mourning in woodland: walk up, preferably with someone who knows the way, respectfully and leaving nothing behind.

Combine with

The AGLA Guerrilla Interpretation Centre in the village and The guerrilla in the Serranía.