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The emigration from Begur to Cuba

Begur, Baix Empordà, Girona

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The emigration from Begur to Cuba

Historical milestone · Begur, Baix Empordà, Girona

Image of Begur, not of the place itself.

In the second half of the 19th century, fleeing the coral crisis and phylloxera, around a quarter of Begur's population, some five hundred young men, left for Cuba; the few who made their fortune returned as indianos and built the colonial-style houses of the village.

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Photo: Kippelboy (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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