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Stay of Charles I at the Sarracín castle

Vega de Valcarce, El Bierzo, León

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Stay of Charles I at the Sarracín castle

Historical milestone · Vega de Valcarce, El Bierzo, León

Image of Vega de Valcarce, not of the place itself.

The monarch spent the night in 1520 in the fortress of the valley on his way to La Coruña, where he had summoned the Cortes before sailing for Flanders. That same autumn he would be proclaimed emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

20 de marzo de 1520

Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez from Vigo, Spain (CC BY 2.0)

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