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Conflent

CONFLENT County in the Spanish March of the Frankish Kingdom, but its lands are now in France.   They lie in the eastern Pyrenees, between Cerdanya and the coastal plain of Roussillon, and are drained by the River Têt.   Villefranche de … Continue reading

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Cerdanya

CERDANYA     (Catalan); CERDAGNE (Fr); Cerdaña (Sp). County in the Spanish March, in the Pyrenees, lying east and southeast of Andorra. The Counts belonged to a branch of the  family of the Counts of Barcelona. Their line died out in 1117, … Continue reading

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Catalonia

CATALONIA   CATALUNYA; Cataluña (Castilian/Spanish). Former principality and province, and present-day autonomous Community in the north of eastern Spain.   Bordering on France, it includes the eastern Pyrenees, and its Mediterranean coast extends northeastwards, then northwards, from a little south of the … Continue reading

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Besalú

BESALÚ County of the Spanish March, named after a town in the northeastern corner of Spain, northwest of Gerona, on the River Fluvia as it emerges from the Pyrenees. Besalú was held by a branch of the family of the … Continue reading

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Berga

BERGA County of the Spanish March – the town of Berga stands on the River Llobregat, which flows south from the eastern Pyrenees, and is north of Barcelona.   In the 11th century it was held by the Counts of Cerdanya, … Continue reading

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Barcelona

BARCELONA County of northeastern Spain, originally in the Frankish Kingdom; A province (B) in modern Spain. Named after the city on the Mediterranean Sea, lying north of the mouth of the River Llobregat. In the second half of the 8th … Continue reading

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