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The Arabic place name of Alcoba

Alcoba de los Montes, Montes de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real

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The Arabic place name of Alcoba

Curiosity · Alcoba de los Montes, Montes de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real

Image of Alcoba de los Montes, not of the place itself.

The name Alcoba comes from Arabic and is connected with the public weighhouse. The town was linked to the Roman road between Mérida and Toledo and in the Middle Ages served as a toll collection point between the Order of Calatrava and Toledo.

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