Calabor is a village belonging to
Pedralba de la Pradería, to the south of the shire of Sanabria in the
province of Zamora
Zamora () is a province of western Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Ourense, León, Valladolid, and Salamanca, and by Portugal.
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. It is located 2
km away from the Portuguese border. The villagers speak
Spanish and
Galician with some influences from Leonese and Portuguese.
Economy
The economic engines of Calabor are agriculture, cattle breeding, a spa, a mineral water bottling factory, and a wind farm. Four decades ago, the village lived off the tin and sulfur mines that were within Calabor territory as well as the mineral water bottling factory and the old spa. At present, they are carrying out a new project that intend to give prosperity to this village, and it consists of a new spa for tourists and travelers who want to enjoy its mineral waters.
The healing mineral waters of Calabor
The mineral water wells have been exploited since
Roman
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times. The spa of Calabor was open until the mid-20th century. Some important celebrities like
Eugenia de Montijo
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, the empress of the French, visited the spa.
References
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External links
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Province of Zamora
Towns in Spain