Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Alcudia

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: Walled town, "Ciudad Fidelísima al Emperador"

Alcudia, a town that James II ordered built in 1298 and that was walled by 1362, withstood the siege of the Germanías rebels in 1521, and in 1523 Charles I gave it the title "Ciudad Fidelísima al Emperador". The Atalaya tower was built in 1566, and in 1598 the circuit of the second wall and the Torre Mayor de Alcanada were planned.

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Torre Major d'Alcanada (Torre Mayor de Alcanada): Tower, 1599 to 1602

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