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The settlement charter of Aínsa

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The settlement charter of Aínsa

Historical milestone · Aínsa-Sobrarbe, Sobrarbe, Huesca

Image of Aínsa-Sobrarbe, not of the place itself.

Alfonso I the Battler granted the town in 1124 a settlement charter and the fuero of Jaca to strengthen the defense of the frontier and attract merchants; the privilege turned the borough below the castle into the economic head of the Sobrarbe.

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Photo: José Luis Filpo Cabana (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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