Mills in Altoaragón - harinero, aceitero

Palo

Palo's mill is situated in the middle of the fields between Palo village and Humo de Muro on the east-side of the Embalse del Mediano south of L'Ainsa. From Palo take the road towards Tierrantona. You'll first pass the branch leading to Santuario de Bruís and then reach a small bridge with a sand road starting just before it at your left hand. Walk this road and you will soon reach the mill. Unfortunately enough the building is in very bad shape. It's still a very impressive construction though.

Pictures: 31.XII.1996, 08.III.2005

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(1) The mill of Palo in the landscape		(2) Entrance of Palo village

At the crossroads leading to the village center of Palo, two mill stones are inviting us to come further. After a short while you'll arrive at a playground where you'll be greeted by a collection of mill related machinery.

You will notice another couple of mill stones. That makes four of them; exactly the number missing in the mill. The back side carries a label Mercadal y Cebolar - La Ferté - Zaragoza (Read more about La Ferté.)


(3) Palo's mill museum		(4) Juan Irazo - Zaragoza

The remaining machines once stood in an aceitero. The aceitero of Palo; who knows. There is a stone base of a old wooden press like the one we've found destroyed (find a similar press in Castilsabás). And also several crushing machines and hydraulic systems like the ones we've seen in e.g. Centenera. Everything is carefully painted for a long lasting life, but there is nothing to help and educate an interested visitor.

Castillazuelo has a similar exhibition of machinery getting rusty in the village center. It is probably all done with the best of intentions, but I don't think this is enough to preserve the mills as important remnants of Aragón's industrious past. It's primordial to keep the stuf where it belongs, in the mill, and preserve the mill and its surroundings with the tools as a whole.

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