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Sant Vicenç de Calders is a village in the El Vendrell

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Baix Penedès Baix Penedès () is a Comarques of Catalonia, comarca in Catalonia, Spain. The area has been settled since the times of the Iberians, with ancient ruins remaining in Banyeres at ''Can Canyís'', in the capital El Vendrell at the village of ''Guà ...

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. The village was an independent municipality until the 1940s, and is SE of El Vendrell. It has a population of just over one hundred. The village is located on a hill, with a small nucleus of 18th-century houses around the main square and near the church of St Vincent, which is documented since the 11th century and was rebuilt in the 18th century. The location of the village gives good views over Comarruga.

Sant Vicenç de Calders Junction

In the second half of the 19th century, the railway arrived in the area, in the shape of the

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of the lines from Barcelona to Tarragona via Martorell, and Barcelona to Valls via Vilanova i la Geltrú. The two lines met from the village of Sant Vicenç itself, and around the station at the junction grew the ''barri de l'estació'', a railway town. The railway junction was repeatedly bombed by the rebel faction during the

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. The recurrent bombing of Sant Vicenç de Calders killed a total of 83 persons and injured over 200, mostly civilians. The deadliest attack was on 8 October 1938 causing 40 deaths.Catalunya bombardejada - Memorial Democràtic - Gencat.cat
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Sant Vicenç de Calders, l'estació bombardejada
Populated places in Baix Penedès Rail junctions Railway towns in Spain {{Tarragona-geo-stub