Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Almazán

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: Town of the counts of Altamira

A town in the lordship of the Hurtado de Mendoza and a marquisate of the counts of Altamira, which the Catholic Monarchs visited on several occasions. The playwright Tirso de Molina died there on 12 March 1648, in the convent of La Merced. On 10 July 1810 French troops burned it because of the resistance that Jerónimo Merino put up inside its walls with 1,600 men.

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Palacio de los Altamira (Palacio de los Hurtado de Mendoza): Palace, 16th century

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