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The flax of San Bartolomé

San Bartolomé de Béjar, El Barco de Ávila - Piedrahíta, Ávila

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The flax of San Bartolomé

Historical milestone · San Bartolomé de Béjar, El Barco de Ávila - Piedrahíta, Ávila

Image of San Bartolomé de Béjar, not of the place itself.

In the mid-nineteenth century the municipal district produced more than a hundred and fifty fanegas of linseed a year, far above cereal, in a crop that supplied the domestic looms of the comarca and of the neighbouring Sierra de Béjar.

1846

Photo: 19Tarrestnom65 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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