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Sack of Cullera by the corsair Dragut

Cullera, La Ribera Baixa, Valencia

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Sack of Cullera by the corsair Dragut

Historical milestone · Cullera, La Ribera Baixa, Valencia

Image of Cullera, not of the place itself.

In 1550 the squadron of the Barbary corsair Dragut landed on the beach, stormed the town and carried off a good part of the residents as captives. The episode explains the network of watchtowers raised afterwards along this stretch of coast.

1550

Photo: Llapissera (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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