Casas de Don Pedro

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| subdivision_name1 = Extremadura

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| subdivision_name2 = Badajoz

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| subdivision_name3 = La Siberia

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Casas de Don Pedro, meaning 'Lord Peter's houses', is a municipality located in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2014 census,Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) the municipality has a population of 1559 inhabitants.

History

At the time of the Spanish Civil War the Francoist concentration camp of Casa Zaldívar, where Spanish Republican military personnel were interned and where many were shot,[https://web.archive.org/web/20221206143159/https://memoriahistoricaextremadura.es/sites/default/files/campo_concentracion_zaldivar_fusilamientos_15_mayo_1939.pdf Campo de Concentración de Casa Zaldívar: fusilamientos del 15 de mayo de 1939] was located in a cortijo of this municipality.[https://fbarreroarzac.wordpress.com/2015/02/21/historia-y-tragedia-de-la-109a-bm-en-el-campo-de-zaldivar-badajoz-2/ Fernando Barrero Arzac, Historia y tragedia de la 109ª BM en el campo de Zaldívar (Badajoz)]

See also

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