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The quarries and cement of Yepes

Yepes, Mesa de Ocaña, Toledo

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The quarries and cement of Yepes

Historical milestone · Yepes, Mesa de Ocaña, Toledo

Image of Yepes, not of the place itself.

When the commercial role that earned it the nickname Toledillo ran out, Yepes redirected its economy towards the subsoil: quarries of gypsum and of limestone and a cement industry that in the twentieth century became the municipality's main employer.

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Photo: Latinajo (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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