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The birth of Los Gallardos

In 1924 a small village called Los Gallardos broke away from its mountain neighbour of Bedar and formed an independent new village in Almeria, southern Spain. This is the story of these first steps of an independent and proud village that was only founded 50 years before independence. Here I investigate how independence came about, the key first steps of the new village Council, important figures in this transformation, and the first major public works Continue reading The birth of Los Gallardos→

A brief history of the first road between Los Gallardos and Turre

A brief history of the first road between Los Gallardos and Turre tells the story of how the AL150 was first built in the 1920’s. As we speed down the A370 towards Garrucha (or up towards Pedro’s petrol station at Los Gallardos) we often forget about the first ancient and twisting road between the two villages, the AL150, which heads off at the Alfaix motorway junction towards Turre. Here’s an extract from the full article: Continue reading A brief history of the first road between Los Gallardos and Turre→