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María Soliña

Cangas de Morrazo, Morrazo, Pontevedra

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María Soliña

Historical milestone · Cangas de Morrazo, Morrazo, Pontevedra

Image of Cangas de Morrazo, not of the place itself.

After the Turkish sack, the local lords used the Inquisition to accuse women of property of witchcraft and share out their possessions; the best remembered is María Soliña, a sailor's widow tried in 1621, today a symbol of popular suffering.

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

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