Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Soria

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: Provincial capital from 1833

A Castilian city with a vote in the Cortes, it went through a long decline after 1492: the expulsion of the Jews that year brought economic decline, and by 1602 only thirteen of its thirty-six original parishes remained. Its population went from 6,500 in 1612 to 3,300 in 1710 and 4,055 in 1777. Javier de Burgos's reform of 1833 created the province of Soria, of which it is the capital.

What to see today

Concatedral de San Pedro (Colegiata de San Pedro): Cathedral, c. 1543 to 1600
Palacio del Marqués de Alcántara: Palace, c. 1601 to 1704

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