Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Almansa

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: Marquisate town, a city from 1778

A town of the marquisate of Villena, annexed to the Crown of Castile by the Catholic Monarchs in 1476, Almansa saw the palace of the counts of Cirat, with its Mannerist façade, raised in 1575. The battle of 1707 in the War of the Spanish Succession was fought in its territory, and in 1778 Carlos III made it a city. In 1833 it fell within the province of Albacete, part of the region of Murcia.

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Palacio de los condes de Cirat (Palacio de los Condes de Cirat): Palace, 1575

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