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The vegetable preserves of Alcantarilla

Alcantarilla, Huerta de Murcia, Murcia

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The vegetable preserves of Alcantarilla

Food and drink · Alcantarilla, Huerta de Murcia, Murcia

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The first license to open a vegetable canning factory in the town was granted in 1897, and from then on the canning of apricot, peach, artichoke and tomato from the huerta became the municipality's main trade.

Photo: mamsonido (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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