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Slate quarries of the Casoio valley

Carballeda de Valdeorras, Valdeorras, Ourense

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Slate quarries of the Casoio valley

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Carballeda de Valdeorras

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The discovery of major slate deposits in the 1950s in the valleys of the Casoio and Candís rivers launched an industry that made Valdeorras the largest slate-producing area in Spain.

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