The end of the royal domain of Huerta Historical milestone · Huerta, Las Villas, Salamanca Image of Huerta, not of the place itself. After years of litigation in which the residents took the count to court, Huerta lost in 1628 its status as royal domain and was turned into a town of the lordship of Monterrey, which in the eighteenth century would be held by the House of Alba. 1628 Photo: Frayle from Salamanca, España (Public domain) What to see and do in Huerta