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Back to the land

Europeans have flocked to cities but what remains of the villages they left behind? In Spain, we meet the folk fighting to resurrect forgotten communities.

By: Ed Stocker

Photography: Ben Roberts

All is quiet in the village of Used in Spain’s northeastern Aragón region. That is, apart from the voices coming from behind some old, loosely chained wooden doors. A staircase leads to an attic where apprentices are shoving their hands into a bucket of viscous grey matter. The substance is gypsum and the assembled architects, engineers, artists and rural homeowners are here for a three-day plastering workshop.

Participants of the plastering workshop at Guillermo Bosque’s house in Used

The aim of this get-together, run by the non-profit Asociación…

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