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The Frenchmen who gave the cave its name

Pomar de Valdivia, Montaña Palentina, Palencia

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The Frenchmen who gave the cave its name

Historical milestone · Pomar de Valdivia, Montaña Palentina, Palencia

Image of Pomar de Valdivia, not of the place itself.

The cave owes its name to the fact that it served as a refuge for French combatants during the Peninsular War that began in 1808; the popular place name ended up prevailing over any geological designation.

1808

Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez from Vigo, Spain (CC BY 2.0)

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