Invented landscapes
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Invented landscapes

In the 1950s and 1960s, the National Colonization Institute launched a project to transform rural Galicia into a model of intensive agricultural production. In Terra Chá, villages such as Matodoso, Arneiro, Pumar, and A Espiñeira were built, designed by Galician architect Alejandro de la Sota, although the urban and architectural concepts followed patterns that were…

Demothanasia
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Demothanasia

Depopulation is the process by which political actions or omissions lead to the disappearance of the population from a territory. Death by depopulation is slow and silent. It is ruthless to the territory, nature, and heritage. The situation is no less dramatic for the people who live, or rather, resist in rural areas. Those who…