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Ajalvir ceases to be crown land

Ajalvir, Cuenca del Medio Jarama, Madrid

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Ajalvir ceases to be crown land

Historical milestone · Ajalvir, Cuenca del Medio Jarama, Madrid

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With the papal bull that Felipe II obtained from Pope Gregory XIII, between 1572 and 1585, Ajalvir was split off from the common body of the twenty-five towns of the Archbishopric of Toledo and sold to Baltasar Castaño, becoming a private lordship.

1579

Photo: Dirección General de Turismo. Consejería de Economía e Innovación Tecnológica. Comunidad de Madrid. (CC BY 3.0 es)

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