Vic, Barcelona
Vic is the capital of the comarca of Osona, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
It is located at 484 metres above the sea. Population 30,397 (1996).
Famous producer of sausages and other pork derivatives. Local specialty is fuet, a thin cured sausage, which is delicious with Pa amb tomaquet.
The city was the first focus of the rebellion against the centralist policy of Philip V, king of Spain, in the 18th century. The conflict became the War of the Spanish Succession and the end of the freedom for Catalonia as a nation.
See also List of municipalities in Barcelona.
VIC (all caps) denotes the MOS Video Interface Chip used in the Commodore VIC-20 home computer. "VIC" sometimes also colloquially refers to the VIC-20 computer itself, or to the VIC chip's successor, VIC-II, used in the Commodore 64 and 128.
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