Medieval Spanish ghost town becomes self-sufficient ecovillage
Apr 24th 2014, 4:04 pm
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Medieval Spanish ghost town becomes self-sufficient ecovillage
Tired of high house prices?
Apr 24th 2014, 4:41 pm
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Re: Medieval Spanish ghost town becomes self-sufficient ecovillage
Just found it on the map; about 15km south of Roncesvalles, where the camino de Santiago starts. It really looks to be in the middle of nowhere, probably an hour's drive from Pamplona.
Guess you need to be young to put up with some inconveniences.
Interesting video.
Guess you need to be young to put up with some inconveniences.
Interesting video.
Apr 24th 2014, 4:43 pm
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Re: Medieval Spanish ghost town becomes self-sufficient ecovillage
Just found it on the map; about 15km south of Roncesvalles, where the camino de Santiago starts. It really looks to be in the middle of nowhere, probably an hour's drive from Pamplona.
Guess you need to be young to put up with some inconveniences.
Interesting video.
Guess you need to be young to put up with some inconveniences.
Interesting video.
Apr 25th 2014, 5:27 pm
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Re: Medieval Spanish ghost town becomes self-sufficient ecovillage
So who owns the houses. I have read cases where a purchased a house is reclaimed by an owner, who is not on the paperwork and thus unknown can turn up out of the blue.
The unknown owner is usually living abroad and is a person related to the owners who are written on paper.
The unknown owner is usually living abroad and is a person related to the owners who are written on paper.
Apr 25th 2014, 5:40 pm
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Re: Medieval Spanish ghost town becomes self-sufficient ecovillage
Sounds about right. Quite a few of these fairy tales around at the moment, or is this the same one we had on here a while ago
Apr 25th 2014, 7:48 pm
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Re: Medieval Spanish ghost town becomes self-sufficient ecovillage
So who owns the houses. I have read cases where a purchased a house is reclaimed by an owner, who is not on the paperwork and thus unknown can turn up out of the blue.
The unknown owner is usually living abroad and is a person related to the owners who are written on paper.
The unknown owner is usually living abroad and is a person related to the owners who are written on paper.
I came across similar situations myself in the Canaries, where many desperate folk had simply upped sticks and left for C.America during the Franco years.
Quite a few of their ancestors eventually returned and laid legal claim to properties renovated by hopeful squatters.
Some of them also opened up bar/restaurants and showed the resident Spanish how to cook proper grub.
Apr 25th 2014, 8:43 pm
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Re: Medieval Spanish ghost town becomes self-sufficient ecovillage
So who owns the houses. I have read cases where a purchased a house is reclaimed by an owner, who is not on the paperwork and thus unknown can turn up out of the blue.
The unknown owner is usually living abroad and is a person related to the owners who are written on paper.
The unknown owner is usually living abroad and is a person related to the owners who are written on paper.
http://repoblacionpueblosabandonados.jimdo.com/
Last edited by agoreira; Apr 25th 2014 at 8:46 pm.
