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The Alegría mine of Morille

Morille, Campo de Salamanca, Salamanca

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The Alegría mine of Morille

Historical milestone · Morille, Campo de Salamanca, Salamanca

Image of Morille, not of the place itself.

The opening of the Mina Alegría in Morille in the 1950s gave work to much of the village until industrial restructuring closed it in the 1980s, leaving Morille without the only alternative it had to dryland farming.

década de 1950

Photo: Hovallef (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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