Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Monzón

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: Seat of the Cortes of the Crown of Aragon

Carlos V held General Cortes there in 1528, and the city was a seat of the Cortes of the Crown of Aragon between the 13th and 17th centuries. In the Reapers' War Franco-Catalan troops took it on 19 May 1642 and Castilian troops recovered it on 4 December 1643. The French held its castle in the War of Independence until 15 February 1814.

What to see today

Concatedral de Santa María del Romeral (Santa María del Romeral): Cathedral, 17th century
Castillo de Monzón: Castle, 16th to 18th century

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