At the end of the third week of our study abroad in Spain, we visited Salamanca, a small town of Candelario, and also an abandoned village of Granadilla. The tour to this village was a highlight of the trip for me. Granadilla was built in the ninth century by moors, and it was an important town on the silver route, therefore, had to be well protected. Later in the fifteenth century, the town converted to Christianity and the guard tower was fortified and turned into a castle. In the twentieth century, after the construction of Gabriel and Galan Reservoir, a risk of flood forced people to leave the town (in 1964). However, Granadilla never actually flooded, the inhabitants never came back. Now it is on the list of protected abandoned towns of Spain, and students and volunteers help to preserve it. This picture is taken on one of the streets of Granadilla.