Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Brihuega

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: Town of the Royal Cloth Factory

The monastery of Santa Ana was founded in 1615, and in December 1710 the town was stormed by the troops of Felipe V in the War of the Spanish Succession, and the British under Stanhope surrendered. In the mid-18th century the Real Fábrica de Paños was founded, closing in 1835. During the Liberal Triennium it was weighed as a provincial capital, with Cifuentes, in place of Guadalajara, and in the mid-19th century it had 4,464 inhabitants.

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Real Fábrica de Paños (Castilla Termal Brihuega) (Real Fábrica de Paños): Public building, 1750 to 1769

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