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Dominican Republic (1) France (2) Spain (1)

Dominican Republic

Distrito Nacional

16 de Agosto

Santo Domingo

Commemorates: 1930. Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic). Rafael Leónidas Trujillo oath as president.

Photo: Oriol Vicente i Cardona

France

Doubs (Burgundy-Franche-Comté)

Route du 16 Août 1944

Étray

Commemorates: 1944. Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche (France). In memory of the French resistance killed by the Nazis, this day, in the region of Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche.

Photo: Intercultura (Pierre Pasdelou)

Pyrénées-Orientales (Occitanie)

Avenue du 16 Août 1944

Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet

Commemorates: 1944. Saint-Paul de Fenouillet (France). The town was liberated from Nazi occupation by the allied forces.

Photo: Intercultura (Yann Declerck)

Spain

Biscay (Basque Country)

Abuztuaren Hamaseiko

Bilbao

Commemorates: 1808. Bilbao (Euskadi, Spain). Bilbao was invaded by the French troops

Photo: Lurraldeko Taldea (Bilbao Udala)