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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Sam Jones

Archaeologists find wreck of large medieval boat in Barcelona

Archaeologists working on cleaning the remains of the Ciutadella I wreck in Barcelona
Archaeologists working on cleaning the remains of the Ciutadella I wreck in Barcelona. Photograph: Emiliano Hinojo/Arqueòlegs.cat

Archaeologists excavating the site of a former fish market in Barcelona have uncovered the remains of a large medieval boat that was swallowed by the waters off the Catalan capital 500 or 600 years ago.

The area, which is being dug up in order to build a new centre dedicated to biomedicine and biodiversity, has already yielded finds ranging from a Spanish civil war air-raid shelter to traces of the old market and of the city’s 18th-century history.

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