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    Vilafranca del Penedès (Catalan pronunciation: [ˌbiləˈfɾaŋkə ðəl pənəˈðɛs]), or simply Vilafranca, is the capital of Alt Penedès county in Penedès, Catalonia...
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    Alt Penedès (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈal pənəˈðɛs]) is a comarca (county) in the Penedès region, in Catalonia, Spain. The capital is Vilafranca del Penedès...
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    1987, divided Penedès into three administrative comarques: Alt Penedès, Baix Penedès and Garraf, and their capitals are Vilafranca del Penedès, el Vendrell...
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    [kəˈtaniəs], singular: catània) is a chocolate sweet typical of Vilafranca del Penedès and some other near towns made with marcona almonds. They are toasted...
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    community of Catalonia, in the area around Vilafranca del Penedès, the principal town of the historical Penedès region. It is not known for how long country...
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    Joan Comas Pausas (category People from Vilafranca del Penedès)
    Joan Comas Pausas (Vilafranca del Penedès, 25 June 1913 – 3 April 2009) was a Spanish painter, menswear trader and technical architect. Joan Comas Pausas...
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    some highly regarded, oak-aged reds. The Penedès DOP is centred in the regional capital, Vilafranca del Penedès, with nearby Sant Sadurní d'Anoia the acknowledged...
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    It is a tourist town; nearby destinations include Igualada, the Vilafranca del Penedès wine route, and the Monastery of Montserrat. The town's altitude...
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    The Casa de la Festa Major de Vilafranca del Penedès (Vilafranca del Penedès Town Festival Centre), located in the old chicken and giblets market, is a...
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    sympathy propitious to its cause. Peter died from unknown causes at Vilafranca del Penedès in November 1285, just one month after Philip III of France, and...
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    Manuel Milà i Fontanals (category People from Alt Penedès)
    4, 1818 – July 16, 1884) was a Spanish scholar. He was born at Vilafranca del Penedès, near Barcelona, and was educated first in Barcelona, and afterwards...
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    South of Barcelona, they operate on the Sant Vicenç de Calders–Vilafranca del Penedès–Barcelona railway, using Sant Vicenç de Calders as their southernmost...
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    line from Manresa to Sant Vicenç de Calders (via Barcelona and Vilafranca del Penedès) called "Martorell", and three on the FGC line from Barcelona to...
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  • Sant Just Can Vidalet Castelldefels Horta Manlleu Rubí San Mauro Vic Vilafranca Vilanova The league has 16 teams, eight remained from the Lliga Elit previous...
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  • Futbol Club Vilafranca is a Spanish football team based in Vilafranca del Penedès, Catalonia. Founded in 1904, it currently plays in Lliga Elit, holding...
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    wine growing company located in Pacs, some 4 km (2.5 miles) from Vilafranca del Penedès, where the company has its head office. Torres is the family winery...
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    adjacent area. It forms a belt of cities: Vilanova i la Geltrú, Vilafranca del Penedès, Martorell, Terrassa, Sabadell, Granollers, Mataró and their respective...
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    annexation by the French Empire. Its subprefectures were Manresa and Vilafranca del Penedès. Its prefecture was Barcelona and had only one holder, Achille Libéral...
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  • Amanda Figueras (born Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona; born 1978) is a Spanish journalist and writer who worked for El Mundo for more than a decade....
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    Ribes. Retrieved 2021-10-03. "Relacions bilaterals". vilafranca.cat (in Catalan). Vilafranca del Penedès. Retrieved 2021-10-03. 14°01′41″N 83°22′51″W / 14...
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    1988, the company opened the first hypermarket, called Esclat, in Vilafranca del Penedès. A few years later they opened the first filling station, in 1995...
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    Pau Milà i Fontanals (category People from Vilafranca del Penedès)
    Pau Milà i Fontanals (26 December 1810, Vilafranca del Penedès - 16 January 1883, Barcelona) was a Spanish painter, writer and professor; specializing...
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  • September 3: bomb attack against Spanish state employment offices in Vilafranca del Penedès. September 4: bomb attack against Spanish state employment offices...
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    for the unofficial Catalan national side. Ramallets died in his Vilafranca del Penedès home near Barcelona, on 31 July 2013. He was 89 years old. Barcelona...
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    of the Llobregat river, on the N-340 road from Molins de Rei to Vilafranca del Penedès. The main rail lines of the Llobregat corridor pass through the...
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    in Catalonia, excluding the Barcelona–Mataró and the Barcelona–Vilafranca del Penedès corridors, which are served by Barcelona commuter rail service lines...
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    María Rafols Bruna (category People from Vilafranca del Penedès)
    1880. Religious and Foundress Born (1781-11-05)5 November 1781 Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona, Kingdom of Spain Died 30 August 1853(1853-08-30) (aged 71)...
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    Cugat del Vallès) and at East on Molins de Rei. It is served by the Renfe railway line R4 from Barcelona to Martorell, Vilafranca del Penedès and Sant...
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    Manresa, Mataró, Puigcerdà, Talarn, Tarragona, Tortosa, Vic and Vilafranca del Penedès) and one district (Aran). The new division was based on the former...
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  • capitals in Tortosa, Tarragona, Montblanc, Barcelona, Vic, Manresa, Vilafranca del Penedès, Girona, Camprodon, Lleida, Tàrrega and Cervera. Philip V created...
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