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The stone pigsties of la Cancha

Santa María del Tiétar, Arenas de San Pedro, Ávila

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The stone pigsties of la Cancha

Curiosity · Santa María del Tiétar, Arenas de San Pedro, Ávila

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Granite constructions with walls up to a metre thick and a megalithic air, reused for centuries as shepherds' shelters and pigsties. They stand in a district crossed by the Cañada Real Leonesa Oriental.

Photo: Asqueladd (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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