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Why does this livable village not have one single resident anymore?
On top of the mountains, right next to a valley, the last remains of an old Romanesque town are still perceptible. The rest of the village is flooded, as in 1965 the government decided to build this reservoir, entirely submerging all the buildings.
Forced to leave their town, the inhabitants made their best effort to take their valuables, and even exhume their dead before the man-made flood. Leaving the skeleton of their town, they headed inland.
It is not clear to us why the other part of the former village, which emerges from the water, right next to the valley, no longer has any inhabitants. No information can be found on the internet. Hence, all we can do is go out ourselves in the hope to find an answer.
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The guy on the photo with the crown was the King Juan Carlos I of Spain until 2014 when his son Felipe VI took him over and he is now King of Spain 😊🇪🇸 I am Spanish and enjoying your videos a lot, it is hard to find such a abandoned jewels so thank you for your great work😉
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Wow guys! Every year my family and I go to visit the area, and I never know this place was there. I find out the history. The town was built in 1961, and it was around 20 houses. In there the technician of a civil construction, that you can see in the beginning , and keepers lived. According to an article there were 20 houses, school, pool, tennis court, police station and a church. The picture you found is the former king of Spain. I guess all the machines were for the engineers. It was abandoned due that the control of the civil construction were moved to a big city nearby. In 2017 the agency who owns the place tried to sell it. The beginning price was 2 millions €.
Wow! Thanks for that info. It’s so beautiful! My husband always wanted to go to Spain. He never made it 😢
Thank you for letting us know. It's still a shame that everyone left. It seems like it would have been a nice little town to live in.
@LaBelle424242 awww thank you so much❤️ I miss him a lot but I got to have 33 years with him. We got married, he was 18 and I was 20. He and our 4 children were and are my life. I’m so thankful
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I would move there, fix and renovate the last house, state myself as mayor...of my own village 😉
I like your idea!
When are you leaving mayor?
yes...I agree with you ..am baffled as to where the people went to ...and why have none come back to collect any of their valuables..or even clean up and safely bolt up and secure their homes so they can always come back for a those weekends when they have a few days off .. maybe they were advised the water was contaminated and they had to leave for health reasons. Or they found out the land is contaminated with some chemical which can be harmful and therefore an evacuation was put in order. I just want to know the truth here ..
Yes I'm the vice mayor 😂 the place so good,this time of pandemic its so good to move to a place that has few people😊
@@evelynlobos1354 Who knows, rather buy some of the houses, and fix what ever let people leave really
The simplicity of the houses is just beautiful.I can only imagine the happy memories held within the walls of every building.Its sad, happy and beautiful all at the same time.I hope I am not the only one who says to themselves"please God,let it be open"when they are approaching a home
You're no not the only one lol
I was thinking that as well
Gee. What a rough way to get results exploring abandoned places. Maureno, you have such a determination when your curiosity is intrigued. You will go to great lengths and extremes. Praying for your safety guys when ever you are out there exploring. 👍👍👍👍
I just found your channel and fell in love with it. In Finland, we rarely find anything like the mansions and houses you've been filming in France and Belgium so it's quite a trip for me! The abandoned houses here are mostly old farm houses. Guess it wasn't common in Finland to build such ornamental and bombastic houses. Keep up the good work!
My Dad was a handsome Spaniard he wore suit and tie, crisp white shirt with a black Stetson. I really miss him, he was murdered in 73 I was 9yrs old, you know I've always wanted to visit " MALLORCA SPAIN " named after our sir name " MAYORGA" eventually changing the spelling to what it is now ... maybe some day, with GOD all things are possible. Amen.
can't imagine. bless you.
Yes Spaniards are elegant people
Definitely from the 60's. The tiles and the bathrooms too. The machines you saw in what you call "museum" had to do possibly with electric power production or water pomping. 😊 ❤️
The view is amazing from the top. So sad to see all the village abandoned.
a beautiful location of an artist to draw/paint...or a musician to get some writng and composing done..
the villagers were actually forced out by Franco's decree, and the village was supposed to be made into a reservoir except the waters never reached that high. To this day the villagers are not allowed to claim back their properties. Signs of Spanish dictatorships from corrupt govts.
Wow. The feathers you saw in the room are actually pampus grass...
This is a beautiful place to live. Its a shame no one lives there anymore. The houses are lovely and look like they were very cosy when occupied. Drink lots of water in the heat guys and thanks for sharing xx
Just imagine if you came home with 5 bags of groceries and had to walk the stairs 3 times to get them in your house.i wish i was there with these guys they find amazing locations
Just to realize that you forgot to buy milk and have to back down. hahaha
@@joanmurdock3197 ahahaha I just have fun to read the comments here😅😅😅
Try a fifth floor walk up. Got me a ranch now!
yep...like a holiday house..where you just take groceries and end up doing some relaxing things like having bbqs, going for short walks, going fishing, watching a fire at night as you talk make marshmallows,, I can imagine artists would love an escape retreat like this, especially writers who need a beautiful location but quiet and not too distracting. Ideal for musicans as well, they can get together and record an album in such locations. Just feed them, and a place to nap when you can and the rest of the time making music.
Not a problem. A pretty good road exists up to and through the village.
36:45 is my favorite part...after so many locked doors and windows, I seriously expected it to be locked!!! Laughed so hard!!! The door handles and woodwork in the "Government Building" are incredible. And those arched windows! 49:26 ...wish you had turned the cross back to it's proper placement. Great video!
I don't care if it's empty, I still want to see it. What a great explore! Epic video!
I feel sad watching these abandoned places yet fascinating, the view simply amazing!
Grand Canyon is beautiful. What a climb. At least you had stairs to get you up there. Your legs will be hurting now.
It seems that this village would have been for the reservoir and dam management/maintenance employees and their families. Probably abandoned when everything was automated. Another fantastic explore (video Maureno and Ramon. 👍🏻👍🏻
Simon, thanks for the succinct explanation. That's basically what happened to the village I lived in. The Residents were all INCO employees. The large house in the video with all the bedrooms and kitchens reminded me of what we referred to as thebunkhouse, where workers who came to do repairs on the dam or workers repairing or replacing hydroelectric equipment would stay.
My brother lived in region during Chernobyl incident. He suggests you look at area affected map. Water ways, valleys, low lying areas were deeply effected and some areas are still tested today for residual.
Why leave all that?
@@jannabors1961 yup it's ridiculous what a beautiful place
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My grandpa used to build home's like those awesome masonry work they will still be standing when others are gone
14:30 When coming out from the first building I am struck by the peacefulness of the setting; so beautiful
If you look closely at the architecture, tiling, colors, etc., it appears that all the buildings were designed and built by the same people. I believe it was a government operation. Perhaps there are dams that need to be managed or the town housed the employees who oversaw the flooding of the town below. The 1st 2 houses you couldn't get into were actually duplex apartments. Once the dam/s were built, the area flooded and monitored for a time, there was no need for the employees to remain. This is my take on it.
Budget cuts
I agree!
I highly doubt government employees would be reading Destino, at least not if they wanted to keep their jobs.
- What happened to you guys at the house of Engineering? You said you heard a car approached and Raemon face was scared and full anticipation. But, then, nobody was there and pretend that nothing happens. LOVE SO MUCH THIS EXPLOMO!!! Good job 👍
I love to watch Explomo videos. Everytime I do, I lose track of time and get lost in the video'S. I can't stop at just one. I always feel a sense of peace after I've watched them. Thinking about the lives that lived there. The memories the people carry in their minds & hearts. And always so many unanswered questions that will never have an answer. Thank you guys for bringing these places to us from far far away. I'm in the East side of The United States🇺🇸 East Tennessee, Knoxville to be exact. The foothills of the Smoky Mountains.. Stay safe & always! have to much fun🥳😁💯‼️
Living plants, those pink exterior homes aren't seeming to be abandoned. Maybe used as a weekend or holiday/vacation home?
But if this was the case..why leave them open? Ok, some of them are closed but the ones they did gain access to, nobody would think that no-one is going to go in in this day and age...
yep I agree, they are not abandoned especially when there is bottled water outside. All the more reason not to force your way in. Those poor villagers were forced out of their homes by Franco's decree. Maybe some have repossessed their homes?
What an epic video of that abandoned ghost town! - Dear friends, I sometimes had the impression walking at your side, when you were going from one house to the other. - The big house strongly reminded me of a municipal building with offices and meeting rooms in the ground floor, whereas the first floor might have been the personal residential appartement of the town mayor of this town. - These strange machines you were showing, might well have been used for testing and/or calibrating materials to standardize them in some way. - The view was breathtaking, and I listened with great fascination to the somehow also very sad background story of this place. - At the beginning these droneshots were again amazing and a great pleasure to watch. - Very well done, dear friends! - Amazing video! I enjoyed watching every second of it! Wishing you all the best and many more inspiring explores. - Lots of blessings, peace and kindest regards.
It is a material testing laboratory and design department used by civil engineers. Mechanical Engineer, USA.
Explomo, you guys sure get your exercise exploring for us. Thank you for another great adventure! You guys rock!
Love this place so pretty. Such a shame that no one lives there anymore. Thanks for the explore.
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Awe thank you so much. And same to you my friend. Wow
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Hello my favourate explorers! Thanks for an Interesting video.The picture in the frame is a former king of Spain Juan Carlos.
Yes Juan Carlos. Many years ago I worked on his speedboat/yacht the 125 foot "Starship" in Ft Lauderdale Florida.
Absolutely beautiful scenery!!!!!!! The views the people got up in the morning saw everyday. WOW!!!!! You guys are the best of what you do. Maybe they had to leave because of the dam??? I would of loved living there. That is a piece of heaven right there. I like the Spanish architecture. I liked the yellow tile in the bathroom (the tower house) All the furniture etc is just going to waste in that house. I totally remember the ghost town in Portugal. That was awesome. A ghost town of contradiction. Some in good shape and others in total decay.
The View are spectacular. I am both happy and sad at the same time. Happy picturing the kids running and playing and learning in the school and having their parents working and being neighborly and having picnics and now it's so sad because they all had to leave and leave their Hometown behind and not be able to come back that is so sad. Have safe travels my friends. 🌈
This almost reminds me of a very old military town since the houses all seem to have been built at the same time and they all have the same white tile in all of them.
The place is so clean I have to wonder if someone comes and cleans it up don’t live there but clean it up.
it was only 2017 when they left..so not long ago. but I agree someone must come now and then to check on the place
49:28 cross on the wall upside down!
Yeah, i noticed it too.. 🤔 And it was scary
Hopefully it was just some kids being stupid
What does that mean?
@@jannabors1961 it's a satanic sign
Yeah that was a bit spooky!!!
interesting fact- In the 1960s, the Spanish government evicted a historical village that was supposed to get flooded by the waters of a new reservoir. Only it never did. Over the course of 10 years, from 1959 to 1969, all 1,000 residents were forcibly evicted, many relocated to colonisation settlements near the village. When the water started to rise in 1963, it covered all except one route into the village, turning it into a peninsula. But that's as high as the water got - the town itself never flooded. Nevertheless, the residents were not allowed to return. "They kicked us out, claiming that the dam would flood the town, which was impossible because the town is higher than the dam. But those were times of dictatorship, and we had no rights." Even today, villagers have not been allowed to reclaim their homes because the government maintains the flooding decree signed by Franco. However, visitors can and do come for day trips.
Thank you for sharing this fascinating historical fact, Miriam! It's truly intriguing to learn about the events surrounding the eviction of the village and the subsequent flooding that never occurred. It's unfortunate that the residents were not allowed to return to their homes due to governmental decree, despite the village never being flooded. History often holds such complex and poignant stories. We appreciate you enriching our understanding with this information.
Hi everyone..hope you'll enjoy it as i do seeing this adventure ghost town,,thanks remon and maureno keeps fighting and stay safe..love you all
Hey guys, I live in New York and I’m a crazy fan of you both, you are both so so adorable and I’m obsessed with your exploring, my comment is about the abandoned Spanish mountainside in one of the mansion’s bedroom there is a cross on the wall and it’s upside down. Usually you guys pick up on all details and not miss a thing. I was wondering if you guys noticed it? That is a really creepy thing!!!! We love you from New York!!!!
Absolutely phenomenal intro. Thank you again for such a wonderful adventure. Love the music too. Well done guys xoxo
It seems to be constructed for the employees and the families of the workers while constructing the dam. It takes years. And the big house storage water pumps, valves, power generators, etc. Likely to be the management and main engineering office and home of some engineers. When they finished the dam everybody went back home. Must be company properties.
Thankyou for showing us ,I'm glad you went up all those steps for us xx
Thank you EX That was amazing.. Stay safe..
Thank you Explomo for this beautiful video x also thank you for walking up all them steps to show us this abandoned village x the view from the steps on the lake was the best x
This was amazing! I am loving the Spain series so far!
Magic.."Thankyou for posting
This was great. Love the long videos. Thanks
Wow! I love that place. Very peaceful.
That’s gorgeous, reminds me of the Blyde River canyon in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Seriously the two locked houses looked occupied to me .. the noise of a generator and so clean around the homes .. water bottles and fresh cut lawn? The rose bush was neatly pruned as well ! And when lifting the shutters the windows were spotless ! Anyone else feel this town is not abandoned completely ?
Perhaps squatters found themselves a sanctuary!
Hey guys! Really enjoyed it! Love & huggs always Kenny! 👌🤗💌💌💌🎸🎶
Today is Sunday Nov.22,2020 I was watching ya'll last night and how interesting here I sit again watching you young guys on your journey this kind of stuff is so educational be careful and Thankyou for sharing. ❣
39:44 he was the king of Spain, Juan Carlos I. I think it is the town hall.
That’s crazy going up those stairs😲😅But it does looks beautiful when you get there. I wonder where everyone went to👍🏻👍🏻
Hi boys! The only difference between Spain and the the Grand Canyon is one of them is missing a lot of trees and grass! I wonder how long that trash dumpster has been sitting there, and that little patch of grass in the middle of the first place looks like it's been mowed? Unless, it's farther away than it looks! Wow, this has to be one of my favorite places! That'd be neat if you guys made a table book of just the beautiful scenery you show us! I'd buy it!
Wow. Many thanks for walking all those steps to explore and document this fantastic town with all those beautiful buildings. Think I would of ran away when that generator started up 😂😂 What an amazing adventure. I felt like I was with you. Stay safe guys and I look forward to more of your exploring adventures. 💖💖💖
Equipment for the dam. the photo was the past King of Spain.
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Incredible Find. Just so sad that it is abandoned. I'm sure there were many stories of this town. You Both did such an Amazing Job with this Video. You never cease to amaze me. Take Care, Much Love For Your Health & Safety Each & Every Day!
Ghost towns are always the best on this channel! The Portuguese one was my favorite out of all the Portugal series
That looks like you went into a geology/survey building. See stuff they use for sampling and crushing stone and raw ore. Wonder if they were looking for precious minerals,metals or possibly just studying the countries geology makeup.. Really neat drafting and modeling tables too.
I agree with this comment plus machine to test strength of rock
Great Explore guys. Thank🌻You Both.
A lovely little village...too bad it has been abandoned-such a wonderful view and location.
Yeah another amazing video ❤ blessings for both of you
Really loved watching this video! Amazing adventure 👍
I don't know how I missed this adventure. What a beautiful little town. So sad that everyone left. So many beautiful items left behind
Keep on giving us new adventures. Thank you guys.
The people who used to live there were farmers. they moved away a couple of years after the lake was finished because most of there land where they harvested and held their animals on had vanished into the water. That's why they had to leave.
Damn, what a surprise when that door opened 😍😲😍
THIS was amazing not just one place but a whole town , the view was beautiful , and that house how nice was that still so clean looking , wow this find and video was out of this world amazing , thanks for sharing loved it , so interesting to watch and see , till next time , peace out . :)
Dear friends 🙂 this must have been the town hall. Only official buildings had the Juan Carlos I, King at the time of Spain. The King👑🇪🇸 looks very young in the picture. Now hes 80+ years old and not King👑 any more, as his son Felipe VI is the 👑 now. Thank you for your work!! I love it😍 plus you are very handsome and civil-educated👍👍👍 I am Lola from Barcelona and your follower👏👏👏when in Spain again contact me and I'll tell you about places😊😊😊❤️❤️❤️❤️
Awesome video guys! 👍👍 Wish we knew the story behind it. Thanks for showing us!
Thank you for a very enjoyable video. It was such a beautiful place. I can't get out right now with my broken ankle i really enjoy your videos. Thanks for showing this town. Please be very careful, love you young men.
Really great explore Thx
At minute 38.26 signs say Ministry of Public Works & Aqueduct (which is an engineered system to conduct a water supply). You should have left the portrait of the King upside down as you found it - perhaps it has some significance. For that matter you should not disturb anything, but leave everything as you encountered it.
That antique furniture is in pristine condition!
Absolutely stunning location🥰 The views are just beautiful🥰 Now if I was a millionaire, I would definitely buy that village, restore and renovate the houses and land, then return to the people😊
Hola amigos!! Q tal?? Me encanta su contenido pero hay un problemita y es q no hablo inglés en imagino q como yo habrá muchos otros q le encantan sus videos pero lo podemos entender lo q dicen, asi q mi sugerencia es q activen los subtítulos en español para q así la experiencia de ver su contenido y entenderlo completamente sea increíble porq de verdad es un excelente trabajo el q hacen y así lograrían mas suscripciones de latinos como yo q nos gustan esa clase de videos. Espero q ojalá lean mi comentario y me ayuden con eso!! Saludos desde Colombia!!Activate the subtitles in Spanish so that the experience of seeing your content and fully understanding it is incredible because it really is an excellent job that you do and that way you would achieve more subscribers.
I just subscribe anyway..even though the videos are in English and I rather speak my native tongue (Scottish Gaelic)..
solo español soy latina no entiendo inglés lástima muy especial video
Did any one else notice the creepy upside-down crucifix on the bedroom wall at 49:27? It was not too long after that they heard that weird noise and then decided to leave. Js.
haha I saw that too made my hair stand up
I SURE DID!!!😳😳😳 I HAD TO PRAY OVER MY OWN HOUSE AFTER THAT EVIL CREEPED THRU THE TV IT WAS SOOOOOOOOOO STRONG!😮😮😮...I PRAYED THOUGH SO IT'S ALL GOOD!😁😇😍 JESUS GAVE US THE AUTHORITY TO SAY HIS NAME AND " SATAN AND HIS DEMONS FLEE"!!! AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID!!😁❤ BUT YES!! YOU WHERE VERY RIGHT!!!!
Love all of ur videos!
Omg boys those stairs 😮well done that's one mountain hike
Wow the views are amazing. I wonder what happened here ? Very strange. You walking all those stairs omg. Thank you guys this was cool and very interesting. Take care 🙂💖💖
This guy makes me glued to his videos,his work is great👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
That big building you DID get into looks to be perhaps like a "municipal building" or a city building, courthouse or something similar. All that machinery - hard to know. Looks like perhaps something that was used in a pumping station and there are a lot of architect drawing tables to maybe it was a zoning and planning building for that city - even though it was abandoned. VERY interesting find guys. I doesn't look like a residence although when you got to what looked like a dining room that blew my theory. MIGHT still be a city building though.....like a mayor's residence or something. I mean even the "mayor" has to eat and have guests perhaps. HA!! Maybe it served more than one purpose
Hi guys! I wouldn't want to venture out of this town to do the groceries, imagine having to traverse those stairs all the time! Wow! Absolutely stunning view! About 1000 stairs, yikes, imagine the people who built it all! Oh my! What would cause a whole town to up and abandon their homes, was there a terrible recession maybe? 21:48, that is actually called Pampas grass and it's a bit big to use as a quill for writing. lol. The house with the tower was amazing and that map you found, incredible! Maybe it the council house. 46:12, sounds like a woman's voice. Thanks, guys, that was great! xxx
Great explore!
Those abandoned homes are nice, I wouldn't of left. They're still so pretty
Amazing 🤗 great job guys
Portugal has many, many ghost towns like this one. I'm a born Canadian of Portuguese parents and I visit Portugal every two years. My husband and I are interested in buying a home in such a ghost town in Portugal to retire. The problem is, most or all these homes still have ownership, it could be the people who left them are now old and the children who are the next to inherit are not interested in fixing them as it would not be worth it. The other problem of these ghost towns that this happens is, the old population being 70% and the young 30%, the young leave for the bigger cities for better life or they migrate to other countries.
Thank you i really enjoyed watching it 👍
Great find guys...
I enjoyed exploring with you guys . Very beautiful country . Glad to see all of the houses . The one that was outstanding to me . Was the beautiful house . Of the Mayer . Be careful guys . Have a great evening .
I love your videos and any history you have makes them more intresting.
I fell in love of your exploration. Stay safe always
Such beautiful homes, can imagine what it was like with families living there!
Esto es muy , muy bonito !! que visitas tiene ,todo me encantó! Felicitaciones chicos👍❤️
Another awesome vid showing what you 2 go 2 for us! (did I miss the church?) In the bldg with machinery, the metal box that said underwood was a typewrite cover. Going now to watch Portugal one. Thanks again. Be safe.
Wow this video has an awesome views .thanks Maurino an Remon,.
Nice to sit on sofa cuddle blanket go along with you two on this horrible wet day in the uk xxx Thanks both glad you both ok and stay safe
Beautiful views!!!
great explomo I follow you from Chile excellent research and locations
Grinding and pressing. You also see fessels with the big bolts, it's like an autoclave for sterilisation.