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Creation of the county of Ortigueira

Ortigueira, Ortegal, A Coruña

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Creation of the county of Ortigueira

Historical milestone · Ortigueira, Ortegal, A Coruña

Image of Ortigueira, not of the place itself.

On the 15th of November 1442, Juan II of Castile made Ortigueira the seat of a county by royal grant, a jurisdictional leap that boosted its port and the salt warehouses (alfolíes), the basis of trade on the Ortegal coast for centuries.

1442

Photo: Javieritto (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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