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Castilleja de la Cuesta y la muerte de Hernán Cortés

Castilleja de la Cuesta, Comarca Metropolitana de Sevilla, Seville

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Castilleja de la Cuesta y la muerte de Hernán Cortés

Historical milestone · Castilleja de la Cuesta, Comarca Metropolitana de Sevilla, Seville

Castilleja de la Cuesta

Image of Castilleja de la Cuesta, not of the place itself.

The conquistador Hernán Cortés died in 1547 in a mansion on Calle Real in this town, built in the 16th century and today home to a school (run by Irish nuns since 1889). The municipality, reconquered by Ferdinand III in 1248 and a commandery of the Order of Santiago from 1267, has 17,074 inhabitants (2025) in just 2.16 km², one of the most densely populated in Andalusia (7,904.63 inhabitants/km²).

Photo: CarlosVdeHabsburgo (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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