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The verracos thrown into the river

Ledesma, Tierra de Ledesma, Salamanca

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The verracos thrown into the river

Curiosity · Ledesma, Tierra de Ledesma, Salamanca

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At the Puerta de los Toros there were four stone verracos chained together. In the 1840s the town council threw them into the river in a liberal outburst, seeing in the chains a symbol of the punishment inflicted by Carlos V after the Comunidades.

Photo: Lancastermerrin88 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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