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BADALONA

Volume 4 · 55 words · 1860 Edition

(Batulo of the Romans), a town of Spain, in the province of Barcelona, pleasantly situated on the sea-coast, 10 miles N.E. of Barcelona. It is remarkable as the landing place of the Archduke Charles of Austria and the Earl of Peterborough, in the war of the succession in 1704. Pop. 5000, mostly seamen and fishermen.