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Argentine (3) France (3) Italy (1) Portugal (1) Spain (1)

Argentine

San Antonio de Areco (Buenos Aires)

17 de Agosto

San Antonio de Areco

Commemorates: 1850. Boulogne-sur-Mer (France). José de San Martín dies.

Photo: Nicodos

Tres de Febrero (Buenos Aires)

17 de agosto

Martín Coronado

Commemorates: 1850. Boulogne-sur-Mer (France). José de San Martín dies.

Photo: Nicodos

Calamuchita (Córdoba)

17 de agosto

Villa General Belgrano

Commemorates: 1850. Boulogne-sur-Mer (France). José de San Martín dies.

Photo: Nicodos

France

Eure-et-Loire (Centre-Val de Loire)

Rue du 17 Août 1944

Châteaudun

Commemorates: 1944. Châteaudun (France). The town was liberated from Nazi occupation by the allied forces.

Photo: Francesca Porta

Vendée (Loire Country)

Rue du 17 Août 1944

Mervent

Commemorates: 1944. Mervent (France). That day, six people were killed in Mervent by the Nazis.

Photo: Intercultura (Yann Declerck)

Lot (Occitanie)

Rue du 17 Août

Cahors

Commemorates: 1944. Cahors (France). The town was liberated from Nazi occupation by the allied forces.

Photo: Francesca Porta

Italy

Catania (Sicily)

Largo XVII Agosto

Catania

Commemorates: 1126. Catania (Italy). The remains of Santa Agata, natural of Catania, were recovered from Constantinople and given to the bishop who deposited them at the Cathedral of Catania this day of 1126.

Photo: Maria Pilar Palmarola i Creus / Joan

Portugal

Grande Lisboa (Lisboa e Vale do Tejo)

Jardim 17 de agosto de 1920

Lisboa (São Mamede) · Lisboa

Commemorates: 1920. São Mamede, Lisboa, Portugal. The parish of São Mamede was created on that date. It was established as a town in 2003.

Photo: Francesca Porta

Spain

Asturias (Asturias)

17 de agosto

Gijón

Commemorates: 1887. Gijón,Asturias (Spain). Start date of the works to bring the water to Gijon.

Photo: Lluis Daza