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Waters of La Margarita of Loeches

Loeches, Cuenca del Henares, Madrid

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Waters of La Margarita of Loeches

Curiosity · Loeches, Cuenca del Henares, Madrid

Image of Loeches, not of the place itself.

In 1851 a sodium sulphate spring appeared on the Calvario hill, giving rise to the La Margarita spa; bottled and sold as a purgative all over Spain, the water of Loeches sustained the village's fame until the 1920s.

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