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Morisco expulsion of Gestalgar in 1609

Gestalgar, Los Serranos, Valencia

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Morisco expulsion of Gestalgar in 1609

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On 25 November 1609, 472 Moriscos from Gestalgar were expelled, boarding three French ships from the port of Denia, following the forced conversion of previous years. The lord of the place, Baltasar de Montpalau, found himself with an emptied town: before the expulsion he had been assigned 270 hearths in the Caracena census, although other estimates put the maximum at 150 houses. Montpalau repopulated Gestalgar with Old Christians and, on 30 May 1611, granted a settlement charter to 53 families, but recovery was slow: in 1646 the village had only 76 houses.

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