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A BRIEF HISTORY OF ARÉVALO
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| 13. In the Saviour church some years
ago we could read in a small stone: "In the year 336 being Constantino emperor
this was dedicated to the worship of Christ". |
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14. Later on, the Barbaric invasion
will be peaceful and this area will be declared military reservation. |
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| 15. Towns like Palacios de Goda and
Palacios Rubios owe their name to the Gothic colonization. |
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16. The Arabs also dominated this
place [715], but many of them left for the north. |
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| 17. It took the Arabs a lot of effort
to conquer the city, which was walled since Roman times. |
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18. But Arévalo will be recovered
Christiandom by Alonso I the Catholic in the year 746 taking advantage of the fights
among the Arabs. |
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| 19. The inscription of the church
of San Miguel tells us about this conquest at the same time as it makes reference
to the five lineages which will be the origin this small town |
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| 20. As a consequence of depopulation
in Castile, the Arabs took this place again for themselves... |
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21. ...Although never definitely,
as it will as soon change from muslim to christian hands. |
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| 22. In the year 955 Fernán
González will become the master of this town, strengthening its defenses. |
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23. Nevertheless, in spite of the
fortifications, Almanzor with more than 100.000 men will destroy it again. |
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