The County of Barcelona corresponds to the territory ruled by the Counts of Barcelona between the ninth and the eighteenth centuries from which, historically, Catalonia as a political entity was formed.
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“But I would say to my fellows, once for all, As long as possible live free and uncommitted. It makes but little difference whether you are committed to a farm or the county jail.”
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