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3 unusual facts about Villafranca del Bierzo


Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais

On the Astorga road not far from Villafranca, Colbert's troopers captured 2,000 prisoners and wagon trains carrying rifles, as well as releasing some French troops captured by the English.

Villafranca del Bierzo

The first human settlements in the area date to the Neolithic age, while the first historically known people living here were the Celtiberians, who lived in Bergidum, later known as Bergidum Flavium after the Roman conquest.

In the Codex Calixtinus Villafranca is mentioned as an intermediate stage between Rabornal and Triacastela.



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