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The settlement charter of Maliayo

Villaviciosa, Gijón, Asturias

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The settlement charter of Maliayo

Historical milestone · Villaviciosa, Gijón, Asturias

Image of Villaviciosa, not of the place itself.

Alfonso X signed in Vitoria on 17 October 1270 the document ordering the men of the land of Maliayo to settle a town at the place of Buetes under the fuero of Benavente; that Puebla de Maliayo changed its name to Villaviciosa a few decades later.

17 de octubre de 1270

Photo: José Luis Filpo Cabana (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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