Llívia
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Llívia is a town in the comarca of Cerdanya, province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is a Spanish exclave surrounded by the French département of Pyrénées-Orientales. It is named after Livia, the wif
Llívia des del castell
Ruins of Llívia Castle, destroyed by French forces in the Catalan Civil War
Frederic Bernades street, early 1900s
Esteve Pharmacy museum
Treaty of the Pyrenees
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The Treaty of the Pyrenees was signed on 7 November 1659 and ended the Franco-Spanish War that had begun in 1635.
Llívia
…of Pyrénées-Orientales. It is named after Livia, the wife of Augustus and matriarch of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Because of a technicality in the Treaty of the Pyrenees, signed in 1659, that transferred only "villages" in the Pyrenees to France, Llívia, which was a "town", remains under Spanish control. The Segre river…
Louis XIV and Philip IV of Spain at the Meeting on the Isle of Pheasants, June 1660 by Charles le Brun
Medal celebrating the Treaty (1660)
Catalonia, Blaeu