Capitulación de Vélez-Blanco Historical milestone · Vélez-Blanco, Los Vélez, Almería Image of Vélez-Blanco, not of the place itself. In June 1488 the town surrendered without a fight to Castilian troops, signing capitulations that marked its passage to the Crown of Castile, after having belonged, between 1436 and 1446, to the Crown of Aragon under John II. junio de 1488 Photo: Rietje Swart (CC BY-SA 2.0) What to see and do in Vélez-Blanco