Tordesillas, Spain

Spain

Tordesillas, Spain connects to 3486 other places through 200 connections across 23 topics, rooted heavily in history, diplomacy, and military affairs. The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed in this Castilian town, shaped the colonization of the Americas and forged strong ties with Portugal and Brazil. When the Castilian War of the Communities erupted, the city defied tradition by siding with the Comuneros against Charles V, until royal troops recaptured it in 1521.

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