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Colmenar passes to the Order of Santiago

Colmenar de Oreja, Las Vegas, Madrid

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Colmenar passes to the Order of Santiago

Historical milestone · Colmenar de Oreja, Las Vegas, Madrid

Colmenar de Oreja

Image of Colmenar de Oreja, not of the place itself.

Alfonso VIII granted in 1171 to the friars of Santiago jurisdiction over much of this municipality on the bank of the Tagus. Under the military order grew the town that centuries later would raise its great arcaded main square.

1171

Photo: Poniol60 (Public domain)

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