Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Elche

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: Lordship town until 1697

Elche, a lordship town, rose in the Germanías against its lord and, after the expulsion of the Moriscos, was resettled between 1609 and 1611; in 1697 it won the suit of reversion to the Crown. Between 1672 and 1784 the Baroque basilica of Santa María was built, with portals by Nicolás de Bussy of 1680 to 1682, and from the 1730s olive oil, barilla and grain grew.

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Basílica Menor de Santa María (Santa María): Church, 1672 to 1784

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