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The abolition of the Mesta

Carrascosa de la Sierra, Almarza, Soria

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The abolition of the Mesta

Historical milestone · Carrascosa de la Sierra, Almarza, Soria

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The village's solid houses were raised in the eighteenth century by stockmen of the Honrado Concejo de la Mesta; the institution's dissolution in 1836 sank the wool trade and with it the local economy.

1836

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