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.
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
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
Treaty of the Pyrenees
…at the Pyrenees. However, the treaty stipulated only that all "villages" north of the Pyrenees should become part of France. Because it was a town, Llívia, once the capital of Cerdanya, was thus unintentionally exempted from the treaty and became a Spanish exclave as part of the comarca of Baixa Cerdanya…
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