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Araya Castle
Araya Castle
Araya Castle
Araya Castle
Araya Castle
Araya Castle
Araya Castle
Araya Castle
Araya Castle
Araya Castle
Araya Castle
Araya Castle
Araya Castle
Araya Castle
Araya Castle
Araya Castle
Araya Castle
Araya Castle
Araya Castle
Araya Castle
Araya Castle
Araya Castle
Araya Castle
Araya Castle
Araya Castle
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Castillo (Fortaleza Espau00F1ola) Estado, Araya 6102, Sucre, Venezuela

The recapture of Bahia was a Spanish-Portuguese military expedition in 1625 to retake the city of Salvador da Bahia in Brazil from the forces of the Dutch West India Company . In May 1624, Dutch WIC forces under Jacob Willekens captured Salvador Bahia from the Portuguese. Philip IV, king of Spain and Portugal, ordered the assembly of a Spanish-Portuguese fleet with the objective of recovering the city. Sailing from the port of Lisbon, under the command of Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Mendoza, who was appointed Captain General of the Army of Brazil, the fleet crossed the Atlantic Ocean, and arrived at Salvador on April 1 of 1625. The town was besieged for several weeks, after which it was recaptured. This resulted in the expulsion of the Dutch from the city and the nearby areas. The city was a strategically important Portuguese base in the struggle against the Dutch for the control of Brazil.
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