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Birth of the fishing settlement

l'Ametlla de Mar, Baix Ebre, Tarragona

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Birth of the fishing settlement

Historical milestone · l'Ametlla de Mar, Baix Ebre, Tarragona

The present town was formed in the eighteenth century as a fishermen's settlement in the golf de Sant Jordi, although the coast already had defensive functions against privateering from medieval times. Its fleet was the first of the Principat devoted to tuna.

siglo XVIII

Photo: candi... from Sabadell, España (CC BY 2.0)

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