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The Zoelas and the name of the village

Molezuelas de la Carballeda, La Carballeda, Zamora

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The Zoelas and the name of the village

Curiosity · Molezuelas de la Carballeda, La Carballeda, Zamora

Image of Molezuelas de la Carballeda, not of the place itself.

The place name has been explained by joining the muelas or hills of the municipal district with the name of the Zoelae, a pre-Roman people of Asturian stock settled in these lands before the arrival of Rome.

Photo: Antramir (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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