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Origen templario de Monesterio

Monesterio, Tentudía, Badajoz

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Origen templario de Monesterio

Historical milestone · Monesterio, Tentudía, Badajoz

Image of Monesterio, not of the place itself.

Monesterio arose as a Templar foundation before Philip II turned it into a seigneurial town in the 16th century. Several of its old chapels and much of its religious artistic heritage were lost during the Civil War.

siglo XVI (conversión en villa); 1936-1939 (pérdidas de la Guerra Civil)

Photo: Feranza (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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