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La Jonquera - Definition and Overview

La Jonquera is a city in Catalonia, Spain, just by the border with France.

The area has always been an important pass through the Pyrenees. A big contemporary motorway runs not far from the ancient Roman road, the Via Augusta. Not far there is an altar erected by Pompey at the Coll de Panissars.

The Catalan army defeated there the retreating French crusaders in 1285.

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