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4 unusual facts about Zahara de los Atunes


Almadraba

Zahara de los Atunes, an Andalusian town named after the tunas of its almadraba.

Zahara

Zahara de los Atunes, a village on the Costa de la Luz in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain.

Zahara de los Atunes

It is noted for its excellent beaches, an outdoor cinema, and la Iglesia Del Carmen church where, curiously, tuna (caught in Almadraba traps) was butchered and salted.

In the early sixteenth century, due to good tuna harvests, Zahara began to be permanently populated by merchants, soldiers and tuna fishermen, who cut 'poached' fish in the privacy of the church!



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