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The sale of Algete to the Marquis of Cañete

Algete, Cuenca del Medio Jarama, Madrid

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The sale of Algete to the Marquis of Cañete

Historical milestone · Algete, Cuenca del Medio Jarama, Madrid

Image of Algete, not of the place itself.

Gregory XIII authorized Philip II in 1579 to detach Algete from the archbishopric of Toledo, and the king sold it for twenty thousand ducats to García Hurtado de Mendoza, Marquis of Cañete, who years later would become viceroy of Peru.

1579

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