Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Arenas de San Pedro

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: Seigniorial town, in the province of Ávila

A town since 1393, it was the head of a lordship grouping Arenas and seven hamlets through the early modern period. In 1778 Infante Luis Antonio de Borbón, exiled from court, arrived with his family and his small court of artists, among them Goya, Boccherini and Ventura Rodríguez; he died in the town on 7 August 1785.

What to see today

Palacio de la Mosquera (Palacio del infante don Luis): Palace, 1780 to 1783
Capilla Real de San Pedro de Alcántara: Church, 1757 to 1775

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