Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Villarreal

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: Royal town with a seat in the Cortes

Villarreal, a royal town since its foundation in 1274 with a seat in the Cortes, saw the friar Pascual Baylón die in its convent of the Rosario, and his tomb became a centre of religious influence. In 1706 Bourbon troops stormed its walls, and under the Bourbons its population grew fourfold over the century. The parish church of San Jaime, built between 1752 and 1779, is the largest of its kind in Spain.

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Iglesia arciprestal de San Jaime (San Jaime): Church, 1752 to 1779

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