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Lloret and trade with America

Lloret de Mar, Selva, Girona

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Lloret and trade with America

Historical milestone · Lloret de Mar, Selva, Girona

Image of Lloret de Mar, not of the place itself.

Charles III's free trade decree, of 1778, launched the village's transoceanic navigation, which came to launch some one hundred and thirty brigs and polacres; the emigrants who returned rich from Cuba financed its urban transformation.

1778-1860

Photo: tiger rus (CC BY 3.0)

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