Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

León

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: Capital of the province of León from 1833

León, a city of the Crown of Castile, lived these centuries as a town in stagnation: in the war of the Comunidades its two leading families took opposite sides, the Guzmanes with the comuneros and the Quiñones with the king. In 1749 a building went up for a spinning mill that had stopped working by 1769, and in 1786 a hospice was set up in it, finished in 1793. In 1833 the city became the capital of its province.

What to see today

Parador de San Marcos (Convento de San Marcos): Monastery, 1515 to 1716
Palacio de los Guzmanes: Palace, c. 1559 to 1600
Basílica de San Isidoro (Real Colegiata de San Isidoro): Church, 1513 to 1735
Catedral de León (Catedral de Santa María de Regla): Cathedral, 1560 to 1590
Palacio del Conde Luna: Palace, 16th century

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