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Belchite, Spain. Belchite, ... Puerto Hambre) is possibly Chile's oldest ghost town. It was founded in the Strait of Magellan in 1584 by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa ...
It can only be accessed by dirt routes. After the fall of the Old Regime, the town became a constitutional municipality in the region of Old Castile, district of Ágreda. [1] In a census of 1842, Fuentebella had 40 homes and 158 residents. By the early 20th century, the village had around 200 residents, mainly shepherds who raised goats and sheep.
After 1939, a new town was built near the ruins of the old one, which remain a ghost town as a memorial to the war. Ruins of the former town of Belchite. The ruins of the old village have been used as filming locations in films including Terry Gilliam's 1988 film The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth.
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CONCELLO DE LOBIOS, Spain (Reuters) -A ghost village that has emerged as drought has nearly emptied a dam on the Spanish-Portuguese border is drawing crowds of tourists with its eerie, grey ruins.
The abandoned village of Merades, Spain; part of the northernmost section of the ruins. Large zones of the mountainous Iberian System and the Pyrenees have undergone heavy depopulation since the early 20th century. In Spain there are many ghost towns scattered across mountain areas especially in Teruel Province. [10]
Ochate is a ghost town that is currently part of the municipality of Condado de Treviño, in the province of Burgos, Castilla y León (Spain). [1] The place has become famous since the end of the 20th century due to alleged paranormal phenomena.
Granadilla is a ghost town in Spain. It is located in Extremadura. Since 1960, it has belonged to Zarza de Granadilla's municipality. On 24 June 1955, during the Franco regime, its residents had to leave when the Council of Ministers ordered a reservoir to be built nearby. [1] Currently, the area is a summer campsite for young people and ...