Granadilla, Spain

Granadilla is a ghost town in Spain. It is located in Extremadura. Since 1960 it belongs to Zarza de Granadilla's municipality. On June 24, 1955 its citizens had to leave when the Spanish Council of Ministers built a reservoir.[1] Currently, the area is a summer campsite for young people and tourists.[1]

Granadilla's Castle

Further reading
  • Salazar y Acha, Jaime de (2000). La casa del Rey de Castilla y León en la Edad Media (1ª ed.) Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales. ISBN 84-259-1128-1
  • Ibáñez de Segovia, Gaspar (1777). Memorias históricas del Rei D. Alonso el Sabio i observaciones a su chronica OLCL 458042314
  • González Crespo, Esther (1988). 'Els de la señorialización nobiliaria al sur del Duero: concejos de villa-y-tierra frente a la señorialización "menor"' (Estudio a partir de casos del sector occidental: señoríos abulenses y salmantinos) Revista d'historia medieval (Universitat de València: Departamento de Historia Medieval): 275–338 ISSN 1131-7612

References
  1. Granadilla (Cáceres), Lugaresconhistoria.com. (in Spanish)


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