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The conquest of Yeste by the Order of Santiago

Yeste, Sierra del Segura, Albacete

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The conquest of Yeste by the Order of Santiago

Historical milestone · Yeste, Sierra del Segura, Albacete

Image of Yeste, not of the place itself.

The Castilian troops took in 1242 the fortress of Yeste and the Crown handed it to the Order of Santiago, which made it the administrative and religious head of the whole range for the following centuries, on the very frontier with Granadan Islam.

primeros meses de 1242

Photo: Edmundo Sáez (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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