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El Empecinado in Pedrosa del Rey

Pedrosa del Rey, Tierra del Vino, Valladolid

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El Empecinado in Pedrosa del Rey

Historical milestone · Pedrosa del Rey, Tierra del Vino, Valladolid

Image of Pedrosa del Rey, not of the place itself.

The guerrilla fighter Juan Martín Díez, el Empecinado, attacked a French column next to Pedrosa del Rey on 20 August 1809, a town that had become independent from Toro by privilege of Carlos I in 1538.

20 de agosto de 1809

Photo: Fundación Joaquín Díaz / Cayetano Enríquez (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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