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Replacement of the vine by the hazelnut tree

Alforja, Baix Camp, Tarragona

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Replacement of the vine by the hazelnut tree

Historical milestone · Alforja, Baix Camp, Tarragona

Image of Alforja, not of the place itself.

Phylloxera razed at the end of the nineteenth century the vineyards that sustained the economy of the mountain villages. The hazel took their place until it became the dominant crop of the comarca, which today accounts for a good part of the Catalan harvest.

siglo XIX

Photo: Juan Emilio Prades Bel (CC BY 4.0)

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