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The first mention of Pías

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The first mention of Pías

Historical milestone · Pías, Sanabria, Zamora

Image of Pías, not of the place itself.

A document of 1154 cites the place as uno villar que uocitant Pilas and in 1198 it already appears written as Pias; in 1222 Alfonso IX of León handed Pías and neighbouring Porto to the Order of Santiago, under whose jurisdiction they remained.

1154

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