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Poisoning of Sancho I the Fat

Castrelo de Miño, Ribeiro, Ourense

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Poisoning of Sancho I the Fat

Curiosity · Castrelo de Miño, Ribeiro, Ourense

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It was on this land that Sancho I the Fat, king of León, was poisoned to death in the year 967, an episode tied to the old double monastery of Castrelo, which passed in turn through the hands of the bishop of Ourense and of several orders.

Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez (CC BY 2.0)

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