Solana Valley ( Spanish language ''Valle de la Solana''; Aragonese language ''Val d'a Solana'') is a valley in the Pyrenees. It is located in

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, Spain. River Ara cuts across the valley from east to west and its average altitude is 850 m.

History

There were many villages in Solana Valley. The inhabitants left the place between 1960 and 1970 owing to the pressure induced by ICONA, the Spanish National Institute for Forestal recovery that had bought the land surrounding the villages. There were other factors as well, such as the abandonment of traditional agricultural practices like sheep and goat rearing, as well as the lifestyle changes that swept over rural Spain after General Franco's ''

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'' that pulled the local youth towards the cities and the coast. Most of Solana Valley's territory depends administratively from

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comarca,

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Ghost towns

In Solana Valley there are numerous village churches and smaller religious buildings, such as the ''Iglesia de la Asunción'' and the

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in Burgasé, the ''Iglesia de Santa María'' in Muro de Solana, Santiago Church in Villamana and Saint Peter's Church in Gere. Many of the churches are in ruins. The villages in the valley lie abandoned and the houses have fallen into disrepair and ruin: * Burgasé *Càjol *Càmpol *Castellar * Gere *Ginuabel * Giral *

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*Lacort *Lavelilla *

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or Muro de Solana *Puyuelo * Sasé * Semolué * San Martín de Puytarans or San Martín de la Solana *Sanfelices de Solana or Sanfelices de la Ribera * Villamana

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History

Ghost towns

See also

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