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The flooding of the valley by the Belesar reservoir

Carballedo, Chantada, Lugo

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The flooding of the valley by the Belesar reservoir

Historical milestone · Carballedo, Chantada, Lugo

Image of Carballedo, not of the place itself.

The filling of the reservoir, built between 1957 and 1963, covered villages, paths, terraced vineyards and the site of the old monastery of Chouzán, radically altering the ecosystem and the economy of the Miño bank.

1963

Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez from Vigo, Spain (CC BY 2.0)

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