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Phylloxera and the vine crisis in the Penedès

Llorenç del Penedès, Baix Penedès, Tarragona

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Phylloxera and the vine crisis in the Penedès

Historical milestone · Llorenç del Penedès, Baix Penedès, Tarragona

Image of Llorenç del Penedès, not of the place itself.

The plague reached the vineyards of the comarca around 1890 and ruined the main source of income of the inland villages. The fall in population and the emigration continued until the nineteen forties, despite the replanting with American rootstock.

1890-1940

Photo: Enfo (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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