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    Badajoz (Spanish: [baðaˈxoθ] ; formerly written Badajos in English) is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura...
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    The bastioned system of the Spanish city of Badajoz consists of a military fortification formed by a set of defensive walls, city gates, bridges, forts...
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    The Alcazaba of Badajoz is an ancient Moorish citadel in Badajoz, Extremadura, western Spain. The alcazaba as it now appears was built by the Almohads...
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    4 Campo Maior 3 2 Badajoz 1    The Siege of Badajoz (16 March – 6 April 1812; [baðaˈxoθ]), also called the Third Siege of Badajoz, was an Anglo-Portuguese...
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    construction in Spain, intended to link Madrid and Badajoz. As of July 2021[update], the Badajoz–Mérida stretch had begun electrification. In 2016 the...
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    community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central-western part of the Iberian Peninsula, it is crossed...
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    The Barranco de Badajoz or Chamoco is a ravine on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain), in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, part of the...
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  • Guadiana del Caudillo), is a Spanish town and municipality of the Province of Badajoz, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. The municipality covers an...
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    in the Nationalist side. He became known as the "Butcher of Badajoz" (Carnicero de Badajoz) because he ordered thousands killed, including wounded Republican...
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    Olivenza (category Municipalities in the Province of Badajoz)
    Portugal–Spain border. It is a municipality belonging to the province of Badajoz, and to the wider autonomous community of Extremadura. The town of Olivença...
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    Rodrigo 10 9 8 7 Arlabán 6 5 Albuera 4 Campo Maior 3 2 Badajoz 1    The second siege of Badajoz (22 April – 12 May and 18 May – 10 June, 1811) saw an Anglo-Portuguese...
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    Salamanca ( Castile and León) Province of Cáceres ( Extremadura) Province of Badajoz ( Extremadura) Province of Huelva ( Andalusia) Portugal and Spain signed...
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    Campo Maior 3 2 Badajoz 1    The first siege of Badajoz was a siege carried out during the Peninsular War on the Spanish town of Badajoz, by the French...
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  • siege of Badajoz (1169) was a military engagement between the Portuguese, led by King Afonso I of Portugal, and the Almohad garrison of Badajoz, allied...
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    13 12 11 Ciudad Rodrigo 10 9 8 7 Arlabán 6 5 Albuera 4 Campo Maior 3 2 Badajoz 1    The Battle of Albuera (16 May 1811) was a battle during the Peninsular...
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    Pueblonuevo del Guadiana (category Municipalities in the Province of Badajoz)
    municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura. It has a population of 2,046 and an area of 30,95 km². The town is a planned community founded in 1948...
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    Portuguese abandoned this plan and began to build a circumvallation wall around Badajoz instead, to try to isolate the city. These plans received a boost when...
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    The Spanish telephone numbering plan is the allocation of telephone numbers in Spain. It was previously regulated by the Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones...
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    line, the original plan was to connect cities like Talavera de la Reina, Navalmoral de la Mata, Plasencia, Cáceres, Mérida and Badajoz to Madrid. The Almonte...
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    2008. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2009-04-10. "Badajoz". urbanaudit. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-06-26. Retrieved...
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    in Iberia with a numerous army and orders to annex Badajoz, Lisbon, Sintra and Santarém. Badajoz was attacked in the Spring of 1094. The emir of the...
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    stepmother to Isabella Clara Eugenia and Catherine Michelle. In 1580 she was in Badajoz, where the court was briefly based because of Philip II's claim to the...
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    she met her daughter Maria in Badajoz for the first time in 28 years. Eleanor became ill while returning from Badajoz. Eleanor died on 25 February 1558...
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  • went to fight with Sharpe in the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo and the siege of Badajoz. He went on to fight in the Battle of Salamanca in Sharpe's Sword and alongside...
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    extended to Lisbon. A high-speed train service between Lisbon and Badajoz (Spain) is planned to start operation in 2025, using a 90 km newly built high-speed...
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    north. Most of present-day Portugal fell into the hands of the Taifa of Badajoz of the Aftasid Dynasty, and in 1022 the Taifa of Seville of the Abbadids...
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    paying British tariffs were to be regarded as British and seized. Napoleon's plan to defeat Britain was to destroy its ability to trade. As an island nation...
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    Economy of Spain (1939–1959) (category Economic planning)
    development projects at the province of Badajoz and the province of Jaén, called the Badajoz Plan and the Jaén Plan respectively. The projects addressed...
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    well as to link Madrid with Lisbon and the port of Sines through Badajoz. Former plans by the Popular Party government under Prime Minister Aznar to link...
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    towers were often pentagonal or octagonal in plan (e.g. Badajoz, Tarifa, Seville) but later a rectangular plan became the norm. Having been built several...
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