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Jefe710 t1_ixhq2m9 wrote

Reply to comment by Pochel in Researchers in Galicia open 15th-century tomb to test Columbus link theory. Explorer is generally believed to have been born in Italy in 1451 but some argue he was in fact born in Spain by ArtOak

Found out galicia used to be part of the Austro-Hungarian empire.

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Phaidenson t1_ixhxfbj wrote

My wife's family immigrated from that region long ago. I have been digging up information about here and there, it's cool to find new things about it.

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Pecos_Bill91 t1_ixk8rby wrote

Technically I think they both may have been part of the same country under Charles V?

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ElHeim t1_ixvg0l9 wrote

Same Crown, not same "country". Those concepts were largely disconnected back then. Think of the current Commonwealth: same head of state (whoever is the King/Queen back at the UK), but a collection of independent countries. Not exactly the same concept, but close enough.

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Pecos_Bill91 t1_ixvgxnh wrote

You are technically correct. The best kind of correct.

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