Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

La Carlota

Today: Spain

Years: 1767–1833
Role: Head of the Nuevas Poblaciones of Andalusia, founded in 1767

La Carlota was founded in 1767 on Charles III's wish to settle the empty lands of the Guadalquivir valley and Sierra Morena, with German and Flemish Catholic settlers brought by Thurriegel. It was the head of the western colonies, with an orthogonal plan on both sides of the Camino Real from Cádiz to Madrid. From the period there remain the Real Posada, the Casa de la Intendencia and the parish church of the Inmaculada Concepción, begun in 1769.

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Real Posada de La Carlota (Real Posada): Public building, c. 1769 to 1800

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