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The arrival of the railway at Monforte de Lemos

Monforte de Lemos, Terra de Lemos, Lugo

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The arrival of the railway at Monforte de Lemos

Historical milestone · Monforte de Lemos, Terra de Lemos, Lugo

Image of Monforte de Lemos, not of the place itself.

Alfonso XII inaugurated in 1883 the line that linked Madrid with A Coruña; Monforte was turned into the great railway junction of Galicia, with workshops and depot, and its population grew at the pace of the trains.

1883

Photo: Iagocasabiell (CC BY-SA 3.0 es)

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