In today’s video we take you to the incredible location of Lanuza, high in the Spanish Pyrenees, and tell you an amazing Spanish village survival story!
Useful vocabulary from the video:
La presa de Lanuza – Lanuza dam
Un embalse – Reservoir
Está recién reconstruido – It has been reconstructed recently
Todo el mundo tuvo que abandonar el pueblo – Everyone had to leave the village
Todo el mundo tuvo que irse a vivir en otro lado – Everyone has to go and live somewhere else
Vamos a poner un pantano aquí – We are going to put a reservoir here
En el 78 los últimos habitantes se fueron – En 1978 the last inhabitants left
Desaparecieron las casas en la zona más baja y todos los campos de cultivo – The houses lower down the shore and the fields disappeared
Los medios principales de este pueblo – The main sources of income for the village
La parte mas llana del valle – The flattest part of the valley
Vieron que sus casas estaban casi todas intactas – They saw that nearly all their houses were intact
Lucharon para volver a vivir aquí – They fought to come back and live here
Para recuperar la propiedad de sus casas que les habían sido expropiadas y reconstruirlas – To recuperate the ownership of their houses that had been taken from them, and rebuild them
El pueblo es de casas de piedras antiguas pero todas recién renovadas – The village is made of houses of old stone, but all recently renovated
Excepto alguna que todavía está en ruinas – Except some that are still in ruins
Es un pueblo muy chiquito – It’s a very small village
Es super mono – It’s really lovely
Merece la pena venir para pasear – It’s worthwhile coming to wander around
Visitar otros lugares cercanos – To visit other places nearby
