Zafarraya
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Zafarraya is a municipality in the province of Granada, Spain, with a population of 2,200 (2003).
Zafarraya is known for a
modern humans
overlapped in Europe for a significant period.
During the
Andalusian earthquake of 25 December 1884
, more than 30% of the houses in Zafarraya collapsed and 53% were badly damaged, some of which fell during aftershocks.
The new church, which was under construction, was destroyed.
25 to 27 people died, 24 sustained serious injuries and 56 had minor injuries.
However, in March 1885 it is reported that there were still 203 patients with traumatic conditions.
The survivors took refuge in the town of Almendrón.
The damage was less than in Ventas de Zafarraya due to differences in the land: Jurassic limestones in Zafarraya and Quaternary sediments in Ventas de Zafarraya.[4]
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Hublin J.J., Barroso Ruiz C., Medina Lara P., Fontugne M., Reyss J.-L., 1995 - The Mousterian site of Zafarraya (Granada, Spain): dating and implications on the palaeolithic peopling processes of Western Europe. C. R. Acad. Sc. Paris. 321 (IIa): 931-937
- ^ Hublin J.-J et E.Trinkaus, 1998 - The Mousterian human remains from Zafarraya (Granada, Spain). American Journal of Physical Anthropology suppl 26 : 122-123
- ^ Vidal Sánchez, Francisco (2011), "Terremoto de Alhama de Granada de 1884 y su impacto", Anuari Verdaguer (in Spanish) (19): 27, retrieved 2019-08-20
External links
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