Spanish Settlers

The Last Settlers

Retired farmers of Sodeto (Huesca), a settleds´ spot of no more than 200 inhabitants, playing a typical card game called Rabino in the only bar in town. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

The Last Settlers

A retired farmer of Sodeto (Huesca), a settleds´ spot of no more than 200 inhabitants, reading the newspaper in the only bar in town. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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A retired farmer of Sodeto (Huesca), a settleds´ spot of no more than 200 inhabitants, showing a T-shirt of a football tournament. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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Bernardino Gomez (90) one of the first settlers of Sodeto (Huesca), a settleds´ spot of no more than 200 inhabitants, on the door of the cultural house. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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Alicia Preciado (43) a new urban settler coming from Barcelona inside the cultural house of Sodeto (Huesca). After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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Chairs in the street of Sodeto (Huesca) a settlers town builded in 1958 in the Monegros desert. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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A cat is relaxing in the street of Sodeto (Huesca). After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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An old car in the street of Sodeto (Huesca). After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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The church of Sodeto (Huesca). After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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The signal in the entry of Sodeto (Huesca) a settlers town in the Monegros desert builded in 1958. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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Old women group speaking after the church mass in Sodeto (Huesca). After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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Cats relaxing in the streets of Sodeto (Huesca). After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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An inhabitant showing his vintage restored motorbike in the streets of Sodeto (Huesca) a settlers town builded in 1958 by the National Institute of Colonization. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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A electric pole in the outskirts of Sodeto (Huesca) a rural settlers town builded in 1958. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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A dog watching throught a broken part of an iron door in Sodeto (Huesca) a settlers town builded in 1958. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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Jose Luis Hernández (61) a settler coming from other rural part of Huesca inside his house of Sodeto (Huesca). After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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An old wagon with the logo of National Institute of Colonization inside the Settlers Museum in Sodeto (Huesca). After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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An old poster of the Explotation Office inside the Sodeto (Huesca) colonization museum. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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A portrait of Rosa Pons former mayor of Sodeto (Huesca) of the socialist party of Spain inside her house. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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Inhabitants of Sodeto (Huesca) speaking in the street. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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Manuel Losa (60) a settler from Sodeto (Huesca). After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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Eduardo Navarro (63) and Virtudes (63) a couple of Bardenas (Zaragoza) a settlers town builded in 1957 in the door of their house. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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Virtudes (63) a settler of Bardenas (Zaragoza) in front of her house. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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The logo of National Institut of Colonization in the entry door of Agricultural Cooperative of Bardenas (Zaragoza) a settlers town near Egea de los Caballeros. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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A bird flying near the Agricultural Cooperative of Bardenas (Zaragoza) a settlers town. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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A tractor in the door of the Agricultural Cooperative of Bardenas (Zaragoza) a settlers town near Egea de los Caballeros. The logo of the institute of colonization is on the door. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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Juan Manuel Navarro (33) looking to a tracktor inside the cooperative of agro production of Bardenas a settlers town near Egea de los Caballeros, Zaragoza.After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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Donato Perez (63) thinking inside a car on the way to Bardenas was a Tiermas inhabitant (a town near the Pyrenees in Huesca that was forced to abandon due to construction of Yesa lake) when the government of Franco send him and his family to El Bayo a settler town in the north part of Zaragoza near the Monegros desert of Spain. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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Donato Perez (63) in a onion farm near Bardenas (a settler town of Zaragoza) Donato was a Tiermas inhabitant (a town near the Pyrenees in Huesca that was forced to abandon due to construction of Yesa lake) when the government of Franco send him and his family to El Bayo a settler town in the north part of Zaragoza near the Monegros desert of Spain. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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Donato Perez (63) in a onion farm near Bardenas (a settler town of Zaragoza) Donato was a Tiermas inhabitant (a town near the Pyrenees in Huesca that was forced to abandon due to construction of Yesa lake) when the government of Franco send him and his family to El Bayo a settler town in the north part of Zaragoza near the Monegros desert of Spain. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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The entry signal for the Colonization Society Cooperative in Bardenas (Zaragoza) a town of settlers near Egea de los Caballeros. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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A statue in memory of the first settlers in Figarol (Navarre).After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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A settler painting the wall of his house using a tracktor to elevate in Figarol (Navarre) a settlers town near the Bardenas desert. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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Maria Angeles Gascón (56) the owner of a restaurant in Figarol ( Navarre) inside a fisherman boats that is used like a hotel in the middle of the desert of Bardenas. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.

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A signed spanish olimpic national team t-shirt inside the Figarol (Navarre) restaurant. After the Spanish civil war in 1936, under Francisco Franco´s dictatorship, an agriculture reform was enforced leading to the building of more than 300 new towns all around Spain. This towns were populated with people coming from other rural impoverished areas but most of them are in high risk of disappearing because the new generations are moving to cities and abandoning these areas.