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The sale of the town to the Bazán family

Valdepeñas, La Mancha, Ciudad Real

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The sale of the town to the Bazán family

Historical milestone · Valdepeñas, La Mancha, Ciudad Real

Image of Valdepeñas, not of the place itself.

In 1575 Felipe II sold Valdepeñas to Álvaro de Bazán, first marquis of Santa Cruz, for 240,000 ducats. The villa, until then under the Order of Calatrava, passed to a seigneurial regime and remained linked to that noble house for centuries.

1575

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