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The dispute over the abandoned village of Polvoreda

Villarmentero de Esgueva, Páramos del Esgueva, Valladolid

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The dispute over the abandoned village of Polvoreda

Historical milestone · Villarmentero de Esgueva, Páramos del Esgueva, Valladolid

Villarmentero de Esgueva

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In 1779 Villarmentero went to law with neighbouring Castronuevo over the use of the abandoned settlement of Polvoreda, one of so many places of the valley abandoned in the Modern Age whose lands the surviving councils disputed.

1779

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