History
The history of zarza de granadilla is united to the granadilla history. The city of zarza de granadilla was founded in the fifteenth Century and it was called, simply, la zarza. The surname of granadilla was added to zarza when granadilla was expropriated to build the gabriel y galan reservoir. All the granadilla lands were given to la zarza unless the right margen of the river alagon
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