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The founding by Catalina de Lancaster

Santa María la Real de Nieva, Comunidad de Ciudad y Tierra de Segovia, Segovia

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The founding by Catalina de Lancaster

Historical milestone · Santa María la Real de Nieva, Comunidad de Ciudad y Tierra de Segovia, Segovia

Image of Santa María la Real de Nieva, not of the place itself.

In 1392 Queen Catalina de Lancaster ordered a church to be raised on the spot where a shepherd had found the image of the Virgen de la Soterraña, not far from the hamlet of Nieva; around the sanctuary the present town was born.

1392

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