New Barcelona – Spaniards in Banat: In 1714, when Austria lost Spain and later Naples too, the Spaniards in the service of the Habsburgs emigrated to Vienna. The Viennese Court decided to send them to a region in ancient Pannonia, where preparations were made in 1737 for the building of New Barcelona, intended to become their home. The conflicts which broke out among the Spanish themselves, the climate, diseases and Turkish wars brought about their ruin, or at best their dispersal in all directions. When the war was over in 1740, the building of the city could not begin because there were no Spaniards left.
(In Spanish) Map of New Barcelona in Banat:
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Map 2 "Spaniern im Banat" by Felix Milliker, Vrsac 1937
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emigrated to Vienna. The Viennese Court decided to send them to a region in ancient Pannonia, where preparations were made in 1737 for the building of New Barcelona, intended to become their home. The conflicts which broke out among the Spanish themselves, the climate, diseases and Turkish wars brought about their ruin, or at best their dispersal in all directions. When the war was over in 1740, the building of the city could not begin because there were no Spaniards left.
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