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The corsair attack of Barbarossa on Cadaqués

Cadaqués, Alt Empordà, Girona

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The corsair attack of Barbarossa on Cadaqués

Historical milestone · Cadaqués, Alt Empordà, Girona

Image of Cadaqués, not of the place itself.

An Ottoman squadron of some twenty galleys under a lieutenant of Barbarossa stormed, sacked and burned the town in October 1543; many of the captured residents ended up sold in the slave markets of Constantinople.

octubre de 1543

Photo: Friviere (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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