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Las Majadas in the hunting grounds of Alfonso XI

Las Majadas, Serranía Alta, Cuenca

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Las Majadas in the hunting grounds of Alfonso XI

Historical milestone · Las Majadas, Serranía Alta, Cuenca

Image of Las Majadas, not of the place itself.

The Libro de la Montería, compiled in the time of Alfonso XI between 1340 and 1350, cites these hills among the royal hunting preserves. The abundance of bear and wild boar drew the parties of the Castilian court up into the sierra.

1340-1350

Photo: Edmundo Sáez (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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