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Turkish-Berber attack of 1617

Cangas de Morrazo, Morrazo, Pontevedra

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Turkish-Berber attack of 1617

Curiosity · Cangas de Morrazo, Morrazo, Pontevedra

Image of Cangas de Morrazo, not of the place itself.

On 4 December 1617 a squadron of Turkish-Barbary corsairs landed in the town, sacked it and carried off captives; the economic ruin that followed lies at the root of the lawsuits and the later Inquisition trials.

Photo: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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