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Parxís

Also known as Catalan Parchís

Illustration pattern only. No free-licence photograph yet: can you suggest one?

Players race four pieces around a cross-shaped track by dice, with captures and safe squares.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Andorra.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of River Valleys and First Cities (about 3000 to 1000 BCE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Mediterranean.

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