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Article: Spain's modern cave dwellers.
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 1997
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'Before you leave to visit the cave dwellers of Galera and Guadix, you must spend some time in our pleasant resort. Here you will find that the air is clean. We have no large industries and, hence, pollution is minimal.' Francisco Montalban, Deputy Mayor of Aguilas, glowed with pride as he spoke about his town. He continued, 'We are not interested only in material wealth. The goal is to preserve our resort as a true Spanish village. We plan to make sure that this little seaside town will stay authentically Spanish.'
'Good luck in your efforts. You will need a lot of it. Not many modern resorts in the world have succeeded in holding the modernity of the 20th century ...