OURENSE "TERRA DA CHISPA."
The citizens of Ourense are known as "paragüeros" or knife grinders, at least in Galicia. Let´s see the reason of this denomination.
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This photograph was taken in Nogueira de Ramuín. Ourense. Secundino Lorenzo " TERRA DA CHISPA".
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The knife grinder is the symbol more universal and the real identification of Ourense. |
"Roda de afiar coitelos" (grinder wheel )
Grinder wheel. Ourense.