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1755 Lisbon earthquake

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« Reply #15 on: June 30, 2009, 01:21:16 pm »



Detail from above: Executions in the aftermath of the Lisbon earthquake. At least 34 looters were hanged in the chaotic aftermath of the disaster. As a warning against looting, King Joseph I of Portugal ordered gallows to be constructed in several parts of the city.
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