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Encyclopedia > Bugia

Bugia is either:

  • A western (e.g. Italian) name of the presently Algerian port city of Bejaia
  • The Italian word for a candle, especially used (in various languages) as one of the liturgical attributes counted among the pontificalia

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WHKMLA : Spanish Capture of Bougie (Bugia) 1510 (124 words)
In 1510 a Spanish expedition, commanded by Pedro Navarro, took Bougie (Bugia) on the Mediterranean coast of eastern Algeria.
Attempts by Muslim Corsairs to retake Bougie/Bugia in 1512 and 1515 failed.
The Spanish held on to Bugia until 1555.
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