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Arrival of irrigation in the Páramo

Bercianos del Páramo, El Páramo, León

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Arrival of irrigation in the Páramo

Historical milestone · Bercianos del Páramo, El Páramo, León

Bercianos del Páramo

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After the building of the Barrios de Luna reservoir, opened in 1956, irrigation spread through much of the comarca, with enormous social and economic consequences: maize and sugar beet joined the dry-farmed wheat and barley.

1959

Photo: LAVF (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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