The Tribunal de les Aigües de la Vega de Valéncia has operated for over 1,000 years.
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- https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/irrigators-tribunals-of-the-spanish-mediterranean-coast-the-council-of-wise-men-of-the-plain-of-murcia-and-the-water-tribunal-of-the-plain-of-valencia-00171 (ich.unesco.org)
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