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The Battle of Valdepeñas

Valdepeñas, La Mancha, Ciudad Real

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The Battle of Valdepeñas

Curiosity · Valdepeñas, La Mancha, Ciudad Real

Image of Valdepeñas, not of the place itself.

On 6 June 1808 the people of Valdepeñas resisted the advance of Napoleon's troops in an episode known as La Contienda, a local landmark of the Peninsular War.

Photo: Jl FilpoC (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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