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The phylloxera and the Villarino Club of Havana

Villarino de los Aires, Vitigudino, Salamanca

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The phylloxera and the Villarino Club of Havana

Historical milestone · Villarino de los Aires, Vitigudino, Salamanca

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Around 1890 phylloxera devastated the vineyards and pushed hundreds of residents to emigrate to Cuba. So many were they that in 1919 the emigrants founded in Havana the Club Villarino, one of the many societies of fellow countrymen that were born on the other side of the Atlantic.

1890-1919

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