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Isabel II grants Caravaca the title of city

Caravaca de la Cruz, Noroeste, Murcia

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Isabel II grants Caravaca the title of city

Historical milestone · Caravaca de la Cruz, Noroeste, Murcia

Image of Caravaca de la Cruz, not of the place itself.

The queen granted Caravaca the title of city in 1849, when the town was already the comarcal head of the Murcian northwest and an established center of pilgrimage around the relic of the True Cross.

1849

Photo: PiotrMig (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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