Urrialdo, a vibrant village within Spain's Basque Country, experienced an icy demise around the 14th century. The rampant practice of Bandieras, a cunning form of brigandage prevalent in the region, precipitated the hasty exit of its inhabitants. The lone vestiges of the once flourishing community are the fragments of the Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Urrialdo, its former church, serving as a mute relic of the abandoned lives left behind. The place carries a ghostly legend of the compulsory displacement of the locals due to the intrusive bandieras attacks.
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Written by Nik Frost
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