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The 1183 resettlement

Cañaveras, La Alcarria Conquense, Cuenca

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The 1183 resettlement

Historical milestone · Cañaveras, La Alcarria Conquense, Cuenca

Image of Cañaveras, not of the place itself.

Cañaveras figures from 1183 within the territory that newly conquered Cuenca organised in order to repopulate the Alcarria. On the top of the hill remain traces of a medieval fortress raised over an earlier Bronze Age settlement.

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Photo: Emilio J. Rodríguez Posada (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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