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Expulsion of the Moriscos from the valley

Brea de Aragón, Aranda, Zaragoza

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Expulsion of the Moriscos from the valley

Historical milestone · Brea de Aragón, Aranda, Zaragoza

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The places of the Aranda had in the sixteenth century a mostly Morisco population, devoted to the huerta and to the looms. The expulsion decree of 1610 emptied much of the valley and forced the lords to resettle their places with Old Christians.

1610

Photo: Ecelan (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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