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The 1837 Carlist fire

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The 1837 Carlist fire

Historical milestone · Caspe, Bajo Aragón-Caspe, Zaragoza

Image of Caspe, not of the place itself.

During the First Carlist War the bands took Caspe in 1837 and, before withdrawing, set fire to the town. The official reports counted two hundred and twenty-three houses burned, a blow from which the town took decades to recover.

1837

Photo: Josep Salvany i Blanch (Public domain)

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