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San Raimundo de Fitero y el origen de la Orden de Calatrava

Fitero, Ribera, Navarra

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San Raimundo de Fitero y el origen de la Orden de Calatrava

Historical milestone · Fitero, Ribera, Navarra

Image of Fitero, not of the place itself.

Abbot San Raimundo de Fitero left the monastery in 1158 at the head of a group of monks to take charge of defending the castle of Calatrava, then threatened by the Almohads, giving rise to the Order of Calatrava, the first Hispanic military order.

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Photo: Gargoileh (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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