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...d until Mediterranean piracy was largely eradicated, which did not truly [[Barbary pirates|end]] until the [[19th century]].

During the 16th century it was attacked and sacked by the Ottomans and Barbary pirates; to help defending the village against such attacks a [[castle]] wa

...fteenth century]], the island suffered the incursions of [[pirate]]s and [[Barbary]] [[privateers]] - in 1543 and 1544 [[Khair ad Din]], called [[Barbarossa]]