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Mesta
thumb|200px|right|The principal drove roads of Spain
The Mesta () was a powerful association protecting livestock owners and their animals in the Crown of Castile that was incorporated in the 13th century and was dissolved in 1836. Although best known for its organisation of the annual migration of transhumant sheep, particularly those of the Merino breed, the flocks and herds of all species of livestock in Castile and their owners were under the oversight of the Mesta, including both the transhumant and the sedentary ones. The transhumant sheep were generally owned in Old Castile and León, wh
National Wool Museum
museum of the woollen industry in Dre-fach Felindre, Wales, United Kingdom