Spain. Fishing port of Palamos, Catalonia on the Costa Brava coast, NE Spain. Sept 2014 Palamós (Catalan pronunciation: [pəɫəˈmo

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Spain. Fishing port of Palamos, Catalonia on the Costa Brava coast, NE Spain. Sept 2014 Palamós (Catalan pronunciation: [pəɫəˈmos]) is a town and municipality in the Mediterranean Costa Brava, located in the comarca of Baix Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Palamos was founded and recognised as a village on 3 December 1279 by 'Pere el Gran', 'Comte de Barcelona' (Peter III of Aragon). He wanted to found a new port on the coast as the previous royal port in the region at Torroella de Montgrí on the River Ter had silted up.

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Location: Palamos Spain
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