Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Escalante

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: Town of the Trasmiera and head of its lordship, on the bay of Santoña

Escalante, in the Trasmiera beside the bay of Santoña, was the head of a lordship: Beltrán Ladrón de Guevara, lord of Escalante, founded the convent of San Sebastián de Hano on the island of Montehano in 1441. The lawsuits between the town and the convent, over firewood and control of the estuaries, went on for centuries. The convent passed into private hands in 1835 with the disentailment.

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Convento de Montehano (Convento de San Sebastián de Hano): Monastery, 17th century

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