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La Reconquista de Alcántara en 1213

Alcántara, Comarca de Alcántara, Cáceres

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La Reconquista de Alcántara en 1213

Historical milestone · Alcántara, Comarca de Alcántara, Cáceres

Image of Alcántara, not of the place itself.

The former Muslim stronghold, called "Cantara as Saif" (bridge of the sword), was definitively conquered by Alfonso IX in 1213, after which the Order of Alcántara gradually transformed the old Muslim alcázar into today's Conventual de San Benito.

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