Baccalà

Baccalà, seat of Baccalà Prefecture, is a major Nilfgaardian port city which lives off shipbuilding and marine trade.
== History ==
The city used to be known as Bukhala and was a capital of Barsaman taifa of the same name. Lower Alba's conquest of the land in 1060s caused a number of the region's inhabitants to flee and seek refuge in realms as far as Cidaris.
By 1260s the city was fully Nilfgaardized and Nilfgaardian was the most common language spoken in the streets.
== Geography and climate ==
Baccalà lies in the southern part of the Nilfgaardian Empire, marking its southernmost major city, situated not far from the borders with realms of the Far South. The climate here is warm.
== Economy ==
The port of Baccalà has tarworks and large fish market with sea delicacies in all three variants; fresh, dry and fried. Its dockyards craft splendid barges, cogs, hulks, and galleons which are able to fare to harbors as distant as Cintra or Kerack in the Northern Kingdoms.
== Notes ==
* Notable ships from Baccalà include the Catriona and Euryale. The former is famous because of the Catriona plague which first appeared on it; the latter took Algernon Guincamp from Kerack to the Empire.
== Trivia ==
* baccalà is an Italian word for "salt cod", "stockfish".
* Kitāb al-Bukhalā' (كتاب البُخلاء, The Book of Misers) by Al-Jāḥiẓ is one of the earliest satirical works of fiction in Arabic language.
== References ==
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Category:Settlements
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