Police barracks

Police barracks Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona) that was abandoned 1940.
In 1829 the Carabineros of Prat was created and installed in the barracks, where 1...
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Police barracks Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona) that was abandoned 1940.
In 1829 the Carabineros of Prat was created and installed in the barracks, where 150 people came to live because the guards lived with their families. Until 1940 they watched especially smuggling encumbered by high taxes such as alcohol and snuff products. The police arrived at the Prat in 1830, a year after the formation of the body, its mission was to undertake surveillance of the coast, rescue shipwrecks, and in particular, combat smuggling, especially of snuff. The body was dissolved in 1940 in retaliation for their loyalty to the Republic.
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