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Girona (Catalan: Girona, Spanish Gerona, often spelt Gerona in English too, especially up until the 20th century) is a city located in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain, formally known as the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, at the confluence of the rivers Ter and Onyar and is the capital of the province of the same name and of the comarca of the Gironès. Girona is bordered by the provinces of Barcelona and Lleida, as well as the Mediterranean Sea. The first inhabitants of the area were the Iberians. Then came the Romans who built a fortification there, which was named Gerunda. After having been occupied by a number of cultures, Girona finally fell under control by the Holy Roman Empire. In the 12th century, the Jewish community flourished in Girona, and a major Kabbalistic school was built. However, the Catholic kings drove the Jews away from Spain in 1492. Later on, in the 17th to 18th century, Girona fell under siege by the French, and it was conquered by Napoleon in 1809. The walls of the city were destroyed in the 19th century. |
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