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Urban Regeneration in Four European Countries

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spanish_students [Brief History 5]
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   * [[start:​6-multimedia glossaries|Glossaries]]   * [[start:​6-multimedia glossaries|Glossaries]]
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 ====== A Short Introduction to Talavera de la Reina ====== ====== A Short Introduction to Talavera de la Reina ======
  
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 Talavera hosted nearly all the Castilian kings and later the Habsburgs and Bourbons . In the 19th century the Royal Silk Factory was set in Talavera (where our school is now located) ​ under the patronage of Ferdinand VI. Delicate fabrics emerged from their looms. Talavera hosted nearly all the Castilian kings and later the Habsburgs and Bourbons . In the 19th century the Royal Silk Factory was set in Talavera (where our school is now located) ​ under the patronage of Ferdinand VI. Delicate fabrics emerged from their looms.
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-In Talaverathere were lot of crops like cereals, tobacco... farms with cattle and a royal factory in the same place where it is Ribera del Tajo now;  ​the factory made delicate silks with gold and silver. +In 1809, a famous battle took place in Talavera against French troops during the Independence War. This battle is known as The Battle ​of Talavera. 
-----+After the Civil War, the number of inhabitants increased greatly in Talavera, in a few years it doubled its population. Today it is the second largest town in Castilla-La Mancha.
  
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