PUEBLO ABANDONADO N°7 ¡¡ EL ULTIMO HABITANTE !! Asturias-España

Hey YouTube fam today we're doing a super special video because as you can see from the thumbnail Today we're visiting a village where only one resident remains and you're about to see just how remote this village truly is concretely well I'm going to show you because I You're going to be amazed just like I am Look where we are— we're completely immersed in nature surrounded by mountains I'm going to give you a panoramic view so you can see what this whole place looks like and where the village is located right there Some are already covered meaning not one is left uncovered—almost all houses are buried under vegetation and the only inhabited house is over there home to a really kind gentleman and then we'll head over to erview him so he can tell us what life is like here and share a little about this town he's disappearing I'm now following this path here which was the old postman's trail—this is the route I'm using to get in o the town after having come to get a feel for the surroundings But all this here was the postman's path along which the postman delivered letters to the people of the village I’ve taken another trail well it’s not really visible—it’s somewhere out there among the trees with the four-wheel drive because there's a path leading there and it's reachable and well I don't think it's so inaccessible that no one could get there It's a shame this beautiful place is being lost especially when it could attract investment like this and above all that we don't assign value to this thing that was ours Our journey our story in full So without further ado let's follow the path I mentioned to explore the village Well just think about all the walking the mailman had to do well I've already walked a kilometer and a bit And it was this little path so lovely as you can see here we're all along the cliff now And well he used to come by here to deliver the mail I imagine whenever the weather was nice even if there was snow They'd come with some kind of device on their feet to reach these places but it's quite dangerous now because there have bee Quite a few fallen trees as you can see there and part of the trail has already collapsed since there's only one resident left here the poor soul is doing the best he can This is being lost at an alarming rate so I'll download everything down here and once I'm close to the village I'll record a bit more for you I wanted to share this because I've realized that many people who follow me aren't from It's not from here not from Spain or Asturias an argallo occurs when the ground gives way and if the path gets blocked by anything the material falls as you can see here—the whole path is blocked and this section was slightly wider And there it fades away and now I'll record you once I'm up above the village Well I've already walked all the way here and the entrance to the village via the postman's route—the path they used to call the postman's trail—is this one where the gentleman lives Mariano lives there and then just an old stable over there and above that another dwelling—let's go up and I'll show you around about the procession because the streets in town are still beautifully decorated and it's definitely worth seeing so take a little time to enjoy it e graphic image of these places because as soon as Mariano leaves this place this whole thing will likely disappear Good this was once a stable Here as I was saying look here's Mariano's little dog coming out to greet us this is where he lives and we'll go down to him shortly erview him and have a brief chat then let's take a look at this house here since the first house we had was the village alongside the one belonging to Mariano which we had just seen it was the first house that existed And here lived a family that was related to him and as you can see the house due to disuse has now fallen into ruin It was in ruins but just so you get the idea this was a house not a block of flats Good thing now they've stored construction materials and everything here because a few years ago they told me there was a large rockfall another major collapse right here And the stones and all the debris reached as far as the town's central square right here and little by little he was removing all the material that had fallen here and setting it aside so that today We can get there by car — those are his vehicles mine is the other one — and as you can see there's no one else here there's the postman's house right there He's already told me it was the postman's house so we'll ask him about it he'll tell us more Let's go take a look This whole village is a survey And as you can see I'm already tired because I did my little routine really quickly But look—there's still some fabric there that appears to be from a type of mattress we've seen in older videos Wool from sheep preserves very well over time as you can see for yourselves just take a look And well this house is closed so we won't be able to see inside it but just so you get an idea of what the old buildings were like here And we're going to head up along what was basically the main street of the town where there was another house that had its own schedule this place is especially unique because the hours here were different from the usual ones across all of Asturias The roofs are gabled and are called hipped gables If you'd like to look them up online you'll find plenty of information about them out there And look as you can still see the streets remain clearly visible It's a pity that not even a single schedule has been preserved here due to the ever-present human flaws I refer to which have ultimately led us to this point o a reconstructio Well Maria hasn't told me before that she's preparing this for some horses and animals she has o gradually start clearing the town a bit since as you can see I already told you it was completely overrun by weeds We're going to dive into this which was another street leading to the left Let's see what we can find since I haven't explored the town myself Well here we have A street that leads in here—let's take a look at it first and I'm seeing a house there but to give you an idea of how this is set up They've fallen here Well here there are remnants of wooden beams and windows The roof likely from the time this place was here still remains along with a preserved tin can o imagine Alright let's head this way and see what we can find This was a house that has completely collapsed— now you can see how the window looks over there but there's nothing left of the house—absolutely nothing remains and no one can enter anymore You've already placed the wires here look so the animals don't slip through and hurt themselves Goodness look at this detail in the woodwork at the entrance to the house—this was entirely hand-carved and it could be 200 years old 250 years in complete tranquility And inside the house I'm seeing a chest over there with a lock—can you see it and there are many things left inside the house but since there's no way to get in from any side we'll just have to give up on retrieving them I truly can't say what might be inside but here in this corner I can calmly admire the streets—one descending this way the other winding off that way even imagining the people from this house we just saw coming and going through here These days well This likely gets completely blocked off since this man can no longer clean the entire town by himself Let's go up this way—it looks like there's another house and something else over there This is the foundation of a schedule which is exactly what we just saw in the can — think about how much time he actually has Working hours in Asturias can comfortably reach up to 400 years or more with some even dated as far back as 500 years So imagine through your own means how much time this could have taken and it's a shame it's in this condition Look at the panoramic view of the houses collapsing in the village and the scenery—only birdsong can be heard Only birds are here There was another house here and I can already see the windows and doors but you can clearly see how everything is laid out dden by the undergrow Well I can't get involved anymore since I can already see I'm getting way too deep But anyway this was another property and it's a shame that the same issue has to be seen here this situatio And here's another one—I think you can see something like that so let's move in closer and let's see what's in there— everything's full of nettles and thorns miras esto es un pueblo ya Well it's completely destroyed not what I usually show you but so you can see the state it's reached at is to be completely forgotten and buried We've seen this house here and behind it there's another one she mentioned there were about seven though we'll ask her for confirmation later But I'm not sure whether he said six or seven houses the thing is only his remains We'll go back down the way we came I'll turn left here and I'll show you the street that goes up Alright I've already exited the place we'd gone into and now we're heading up the other side of the village This village didn't have a school and later we'll ask whether it had a church or chapel—because it's quite striking that it isn't that small But I imagine the school doesn't exist since we haven't seen it and they tend to survive quite well—almost every village has one I'm going to pan the camera in case you spot anything But anyway you can see how all the structures are and it's clear they're all over 100 years old yet they still look impressive The stone that came from up there was the one that had to be used He was probably telling me it could be a water bag or something that had ruptured and dragged along a lot of material but utterly destroyed what little remained of the village And here there is nothing more I'm doing a panoramic shot so you can see Here was another one It's quite bad but look how beautiful it still is—the village street and all the buildings are clearly visible Alright let's head down—I'm eager for you to meet Mariano and ask him some details about the town but look at the street—can you believe how easily you can still picture people from that era walking here and above all the sounds of nature with not a single unwanted noise Well I'm heading down now to see if we can find Mariano—he's right there in front of the house with the little dog Look at how cool country life is—what’s up Mariano Hey how's it going I was just looking at the town a bit hearing what you explained and getting to know you and your name too You are happy here Trosky Well then Mariano look I wanted to explain to everyone that we should hear a bit of history from you since you've already explained so much to me before Anyway I just wanted you to tell them yourself in detail what life is like here how you ended up here all alone a little bit of your story so well one of the things that interests me the mos It's the postman's house—you'd told me it was the path I took at first around here Tell us a little about this house Let's see the postman's house is this one which as you can see is completely in ruins just like the entire village since people have been leaving here He was more concerned about coming to take care of him than anything else I imagine inheritance issues too Here it's more about inheritance issues than anything else how people live in the barrier-free house and so on but anyway yes if the postman lived here during the final years of his time as a postman since he had initially lived elsewhere up here above the ones we recorded that were already fallen upside down as well So he lived here he brought you the letters he lived here and I imagine he did Of course Well look at that—how curious because afterward he would separately bring the letters here so I imagine they were distributing to other nearby towns That's right because look we're in the town of Viamón which I hadn't mentioned until now because I wanted you to meet them first at you speak to them about the village for that is exactly what you are—the local here we are in Viamón we are in Ponga and it is a village truly precious is being destroyed which is why we've come here to meet this man I find magical for living alone here because he has so much to teach us many of us believe we can't be alone in places but here you see this man is completely happy here and above all look he preserves the family home of his ancestors Everything's in very good condition as you'd mentioned there had been a snag there right Up there an enormous river that carried stones and trees Goodness up there a few blocks back in the first towns she knocked them down buried them completely and good here more or less dropped down to about halfway along this section of the meter the mud in this stretch—imagine it reaching up to halfway along this meter— And look where he’s sitting—mud everywhere and he’s cleaned it with his own hands just like the trail I used to access it with the four-wheel drive Thanks to the work he's done with his own hands I've been able to come down here because otherwise I wouldn't have been able to It would be practically impossible because you've already seen how remote the area was where were given that the trail descends Doing all that just imagine how things would be if this man didn't do even the bare minimum to maintain the village and another thing I wanted to ask you was How old could your parents' house be One hundred years and upon that would rise another 99 100 nothing—a century and upon that would rise another built Here it's not about what's missing what matters is what we do need to share because back then the people they passed down stories and everything They say this village was buried long ago meaning an avalanche did it It's clear the mountain has been cut through and it's evident a mud and rock avalanche must have come through there The massive landslide must have occurred burying the original village here and over that they rebuilt once more And about this they rebuilt once more—whether anyone died in it you've never heard people would have died you know My goodness it's been hundreds of years for this—well at least the word got out and the story stayed alive Dead men I suppose there must have been since we're looking at where the foundation of the house my grandfather built ended up since they had been found beneath a stone along with other remnants of kindling firewood and structures dating back to very ancient times Very basic primitives so you can see that even though these people are located in these places they have a rich and deep history—there were already people living here long ago Much earlier than anything else there's something that really catches my attention: the children in this village and where they went to school You were driving the trail I had descended in four-wheel drive to reach Casilles and heading to Casilles school And when it snowed how did you manage to walk Since there was quite a bit of people around back then and quite a bit of movement they’d open up a strike then—there was always a little path left open And well sometimes we had to use what we call here yardarms The photos I'll leave you—somewhere you're probably already seeing it—this is clearly a piece quite similar to those rackets Here I don’t have anymore but that’s alright Yes like racket-shaped things—no they're already seeing the photo I'm showing it to them right now so they can see it like this— You already have an idea There are two models right One was ladder-shaped That's the racket they call it now And the other was more like a hoop With woven wires so you wouldn't sink Of course I'm showing them the wooden one I imagine there are several models but anyway the wooden one And that's it guys I hope you absolutely loved this video—I know it's quite different from what you're used to seeing bu I can't pass up this chance to meet Mariano whom I hope you found just as likable as I did Because it feels like a special magical thing to choose to live in such an environment and decide to stay in a place like this and sets a powerful example for many about what we should strive to protect—our own history without further delay if you'd like to learn about this village it's located in Ponga It's called Viamón as I mentioned earlier and Mariano will be delighted to explain further as there's so much more history to share about this town especially for anyone who's interested Come invest as always Mariano will help you with everything you can so that you may carry out a project here in this village and keep it alive instead of letting it fade away as it is now Without further ado I'm saying goodbye but first as always I kindly ask you to please subscribe to the channel which is very important because many people who see me don’t subscribe and YouTube supports me if you subscribe because So if you like my videos check out my Instagram 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