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Purchase of Calafell by Ramon Berenguer I

Calafell, Baix Penedès, Tarragona

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Purchase of Calafell by Ramon Berenguer I

Historical milestone · Calafell, Baix Penedès, Tarragona

Image of Calafell, not of the place itself.

The count of Barcelona acquired in 1076 this frontier castle, whose name means small castle. The fortification watched over the coast and organised the repopulation of a district that an Iberian settlement beside the sea had occupied earlier.

1076

Photo: fer55. (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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