| “ | Vivir na Coruña que bonito é!
Andar de baranda e durmir de pé, e durmir de pé, e durmir de pé, vivir na Coruña que bonito é. |
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— Ana Kiro - Vivir na Coruña
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| “ | Quen teña honra, que me siga! | ” |
— María Pita
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Galiciaball, in the Comarcaball and Provinceball of A Coruña. It's located in north-central Galiciaball in the Golfo Ártabro, a large gulf on the Atlantic Ocean. The cityball is also known as "Corunna" or "The Groyne" in Old english. The cityball's nickname is 'A Cidade de Cristal' (The Glass City) and its motto is 'A Coruña, a cidade onde ninguén é forasteiro' (A Coruña, the city where nobody is an outsider). The origen of the name 'Coruña' is unknown but it's said to come from the Phoenician word 'Karn' meaning Horn.
A Coruñaball used to be Galiciaball's most populated city until 
Vigoball got more citizens, and nowadays is the 2nd most populated cityball in Galiciaball. A Coruñaball is the capital cityball of the Provinceball of the same name, and used to be the capital cityball of the 
Kingdom of Galiciaball during the centuries 16th to 19th, later being replaced by 
Santiago de Compostelaball.
History
Prehistory 
A Coruñaball (or Corunna, or The Groyne) started expanding after the construction of its most important monument, the Tower of Hercules. The oldest part of the cityball known as "Cidade Vella" (Old City) was built on the site of a ancient celtic hillfort (known as Castros) that was inhabited during the 3rd Century BC to the 2nd century AD. It was inhabited by Briganteballs and Artabrianballs, both 
Celtic 
Gallaecian clans.
Roman Times 
A squad of 
Romanballs sent by Julius Caesar arrived to A Coruñaball in 62 B.C. during a exploration in Galiciaball. A Coruñaball got romanified and that left a print in its language, culture and religion. Julius Caesar stayed in the city in 62 BC. In the 2nd Century, the Tower Of Hercules (known as Farum Brigantium until the 20th Century) was built which is the world's oldest working lighthouse, and has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 27 June 2009. In the 4th century, A Coruñaball's population dropped because of raids by 
Normanballs and Vikingballs which resulted in A Coruñaballs escaping to O Burgoball.
Middle Ages
After the fall of the Roman Empireball, A Coruñaball got adopted by its parent Gallaeciaball that broke away from Roman Empireball and later 
Visigothic Kingdomball. In 711, the 
Umayyad Caliphateball took over most of the Iberian Peninsula. Umayyadball barely had any influence in A Coruñaball or even Galiciaball in general, in fact it got adopted by the 
Kingdom of Asturiasball in less than one century. During the centuries IX and X, A Coruñaballs and other Galiciaballs had to flee again because of raids by Vikingballs. A Coruñaballs mostly fleed to Betanzosball as it was more protected. The town was rebranded in 1208 by the orders of the King León Alfonso IX, by desplacing the former habitants to O Burgoball and later building the 'Cidade Vella'. Some decades later, A Coruñaball became very prosperous because the King Alfonso X allowed the citizens to sell salt without paying taxes, giving it a good economy.
The King Juan II officially gave A Coruñaball the title of a Cityball in 1446 and gave it the privilege of free trade with 
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Spainball also brought some political privileges to enhance its economy, because people had to pay for the "quintaladas".
Modern Ages
The King Carlos I built the Casa de la Especiería in A Coruñaball, and later the castle of Saint Antón was built to protect it. There used to be a market celebration each saturday there. The King Carlos I also celebrated Cortes in A Coruñaball and its port to celebrate how he became the Emperor of the 
Holy Roman Empireball.
The King Felipe II of Spainball and the Queen Elizabeth I of Englandball used to have horrible relations, and there were also many disputed territories between Spainball and Englandball. In 1588, Spainball's Armada Invencible left the port of A Coruñaball to the disaster in the English Channel. One year later, in 1589, the queen of Englandball sent a squad controlled by the naval officer Francis Drake to the cityball. The English Squad burnt down the monastery of Saint Domingo, the neighborhood of Saint Tom and the fishing market area, and assaulted the Cidade Vella. During the assault, Gregorio de Rocamunde, who was the husband of Maria Pita, got killed. It filled her with rage, and took the spear from the English flag her husband was killed with, and killed Elvis Drake's brother, the leader of the assault herself. The tradition says that after that, she yelled "Quen teña honra, que me siga!" (Meaning "Whoever has honor, follow me!" in 
Galician.) This terrified the English troops, which were made up of more than 12K people and made them surrender. Once they were done with the battle, María Pita helped clean up the corpses and helped injured civilians. Along with that, other women from A Coruñaball helped defend the city. The English officially left the cityball the 19th of May. Along with this, Maria Pita became one of the most important figures of A Coruñaball and Galiciaball, still being completely relevant nowadays with celebrations to honor her.
During the centuries XVII and XVIII, the wars related to the Spanish Monarchy continued and that implied a big increase in taxes and recruiting of people.
It is at this time when the transfer of the Real Audiencia from Santiago de Compostelaball to A Coruña takes place. In 1620, Felipe III created the School of the Boys of the Sea and in 1682 restoration works were carried out on the Tower of Hercules, by the architect Antúnez.
During the Spanish Succession War, A Coruñaball had tax problems again and its population was being recruited. The War finished in 1716 and after that it got better economically again.
During the reign of Carlos III, 
Cadizball stopped being the only Cityball in Spainball that was allowed to trade with the Spanish Colonies in The Americas. Thirteen ports, including A Coruñaball's port would get that privilege. In this century there was a lot of industrial activity in A Coruñaball and it founded the Royal Tobacco Factory and the Royal Hat Shop of A Coruña.
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