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The 1921 flood

Motilla del Palancar, La Manchuela Conquense, Cuenca

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The 1921 flood

Historical milestone · Motilla del Palancar, La Manchuela Conquense, Cuenca

Image of Motilla del Palancar, not of the place itself.

The river Valdemembra burst its banks in 1921 and caused thirteen deaths in Motilla del Palancar. It was not the first time: in 1811 and 1812 two consecutive floods had already swept away a good part of the houses built beside the channel.

1921

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