Английская Википедия:El Puente del Arzobispo
Шаблон:Infobox settlement El Puente del Arzobispo is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha.[1] The municipality spans across a total area of 0.98 km2 and, as of 1 January 2020, it has a registered population of 1,225.[1] Together with neighbouring Talavera de la Reina, El Puente del Arzobispo was a producing centre of Maiolica pottery in Early-Modern Spain.Шаблон:Sfn
History
Initiated towards 1380 or 1383 under the oversight of Archbishop of Toledo Pedro Tenorio, the bridge over the Tagus was already built by 1388.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Housing developed in the bridge's vicinity.Шаблон:Sfn The archbishop granted rights for the collection of the tithe and the bridge toll to the newly-born town, that otherwise also prospered thanks to the construction of gristmills.Шаблон:Sfn Over the course of the 15th century and up until the 1492 expulsion, Villafranca de la Puente del Arzobispo (later El Puente del Arzobispo) hosted a small Jewish community.Шаблон:Sfn Some of the forcibly exiled Jews (who had moved to Portugal) soon returned as conversos.Шаблон:Sfn
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