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The hemp trade

Huerta de Valdecarábanos, Mesa de Ocaña, Toledo

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The hemp trade

Historical milestone · Huerta de Valdecarábanos, Mesa de Ocaña, Toledo

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Besides wheat, barley, grapes and olives, the municipal district grew hemp in quantity sufficient to sustain a trade of its own in the nineteenth century, served by the town's muleteers. From that fibre came ropes, espadrilles and harness for the whole comarca.

siglo XIX

Photo: Carmen Martín Tejeda (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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