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The capture of the Empecinado

Olmos de Peñafiel, Campo de Peñafiel, Valladolid

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The capture of the Empecinado

Historical milestone · Olmos de Peñafiel, Campo de Peñafiel, Valladolid

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Royalist volunteers arrived from Roa captured here on 22 November 1823 Juan Martín el Empecinado and sixty of his men, in the episode that put an end to his military career a few kilometers from his native village.

22 de noviembre de 1823

Photo: Lourdes Cardenal (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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