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The Mozarab Resettlement of 1154

Huerta de Valdecarábanos, Mesa de Ocaña, Toledo

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The Mozarab Resettlement of 1154

Curiosity · Huerta de Valdecarábanos, Mesa de Ocaña, Toledo

Image of Huerta de Valdecarábanos, not of the place itself.

After the Reconquista, in 1154 Alfonso VII granted land in this area to Mozarabs from Málaga to resettle it, giving rise to the present-day municipality of Huerta de Valdecarábanos. At the end of the 12th century the territory passed to the Order of Calatrava, whose knights built the castle of la Huerta on a dominant hill, possibly making use of earlier Muslim structures. The fortress remained under its control until 1538, when the Talavera-born nobleman Álvaro de Loaysa bought the commandery and dismantled the castle.

Photo: Malopez 21 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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