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Hammer mills and forges of Riotorto

Riotorto, Meira, Lugo

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Hammer mills and forges of Riotorto

Curiosity · Riotorto, Meira, Lugo

Image of Riotorto, not of the place itself.

Between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the concello filled with forge hammers and ironworks linked to the mining of the area, a water-powered iron industry that marked the economy and the landscape of the valley for generations.

Photo: Miguel Branco (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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