Abstract

ARCARAZO GARCIA, L.A.. History of the Infirmary of the Candanchú Barracks: Former refuge for Aragón mountaineers. Sanid. Mil. [online]. 2011, vol.67, suppl.1, pp.252-262. ISSN 1887-8571.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1887-85712011000300005.

The Army Barracks in Candanchú, in the last stretch of the Somport pass, was built as Mountain Military School in the middle forties of the last century. Later, in 1979, the Ministry of Defense bought the refuge of St. Christine from the mountain club "Montañeros de Aragón" and incorporated it to the barracks. From that moment the refuge performed a medical function accommodating the School Medical Service, which was closed in 2011 due to structural problems. The Somport pass has a long history of hospitality going back to the 11^th century, when St. Christine hospital was founded in order to help the pilgrims who crossed the Pyrenees and operated until its closure in 1835. This tradition of help to the mountaineers was recovered by "Montañeros de Aragón", building the refuge in 1931 near the ruins of the former hospital, and continued by the Army on acquiring the building and keeping this humanitarian activity through its Medical Service for thirty years.

Keywords : Medical Service; Somport pass; Candanchú; Pilgrims hospital; "Montañeros de Aragón"; Military Mountain School.

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