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The Urrea lineage

Urrea de Gaén, Bajo Martín, Teruel

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The Urrea lineage

Historical milestone · Urrea de Gaén, Bajo Martín, Teruel

Image of Urrea de Gaén, not of the place itself.

The place name combines the surname of the Urrea, a Christian noble lineage documented since the twelfth century, with the term Gaén, of Arabic root. The locality preserves Iberian remains and a Roman villa that attest to a much earlier occupation.

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Photo: Abel Tena (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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