Andy Rodker

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Posted: 01 Aug 2022


Taken: 21 Aug 2016

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Granadilla
Estramadura
abandon town
Caceres Province


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The deserted town of Granadilla

The deserted town of Granadilla
Due to the new reservoirs built in the '50s and '60s, many villages and towns were abandoned and flooded. Granadilla was high above the new reservoir but was effectively surrounded by it and cut off from its farmlands (please have a look at the aerial map to get a gist of this isolation). The population moved to the cities in the main. Some decades later as the place became something of a tourist attraction, a few souls moved in to open a restaurant or two and some tourist shops. I've posted a couple of other shots under my Estramadura album: www.ipernity.com/doc/2247598/album/999420
There is also this wikipedia entry; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granadilla,_Spain
I thought of 'When the levee breaks', a great blues song for this, even if it's not strictly relevant to the photo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYThZwcDUXk
I selected a 'reaction' Youtube version of this Led Zeppelin classic, just because it was an honest and sincere reaction and it amused me!

Cämmerer zu Nau, sunlight, Erhard Bernstein, Denis Croissant and 57 other people have particularly liked this photo


Comments
 Makrofan
Makrofan club
Schöne Geschichte und Information! Das Bild ist natürlich auch toll!
22 months ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Very kind of you, Makrofan. Thank you!
22 months ago.
 Nora Caracci
Nora Caracci club
sad destiny but charming ruins very well taken, very effective also the map view !
22 months ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club has replied
Pleased you had a look at the map, it 'explains' much!
Thank you, Nora!
22 months ago.
 ROL/Photo
ROL/Photo club
Bien dommage pour ce village, merci Andy pour le
partage et les explications
22 months ago.

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