Habsburg and Bourbon Spain
Avilés
Today: Spain
- Years
- 1492–1833
- Role
- Royal town and port on the Avilés estuary
Avilés was a royal town with a charter, which after a great fire in 1479 received several favours from the Catholic Monarchs, among them the Monday weekly market, still held today. The surroundings had extensive forests that were used to build ships.
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