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The donation to the Bishop of Salamanca

Cantalapiedra, Tierra de Peñaranda, Salamanca

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The donation to the Bishop of Salamanca

Historical milestone · Cantalapiedra, Tierra de Peñaranda, Salamanca

Image of Cantalapiedra, not of the place itself.

Resettled, fortified and walled by the Leonese kings as a stronghold against Castile, the town was donated in 1136 by Alfonso VII to the bishop of Salamanca as an ecclesiastical lordship, on which it depended for centuries.

1136

Photo: Cruccone (CC BY 3.0)

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