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The 1810 fire

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The 1810 fire

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O Castro de Caldelas

Image of O Castro de Caldelas, not of the place itself.

During the Peninsular War the French general Loison set fire to the fortress of the Counts of Lemos; the castle had by then stood rebuilt for three and a half centuries after the irmandiño demolition of 1467.

Photo: Antonio Costa (CC BY-SA 3.0 es)

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