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The wool of Beteta and the royal drove roads

Beteta, Serranía Alta, Cuenca

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The wool of Beteta and the royal drove roads

Historical milestone · Beteta, Serranía Alta, Cuenca

Image of Beteta, not of the place itself.

In the mid-nineteenth century the comarca moved hundreds of thousands of head of livestock along the cañadas reales and its wool, highly prized, was exported to Italy. Alongside it there worked mills, potteries and a spirits factory.

siglo XIX

Photo: B25es (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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