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The Cardinal Archbishop of Toledo bless the locomotive "Badajoz" (1879), in the presence of King Alfonso XII.
Inauguration of a direct rail from Madrid to Ciudad Real. The Cardinal Archbishop of Toledo bless the locomotive "Badajoz" (1879), in the presence of King Alfonso XII. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration.
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