El Puente del Arzobispo is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha.[2] 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.[2] Together with neighbouring Talavera de la Reina, El Puente del Arzobispo was a producing centre of Maiolica pottery in Early-Modern Spain.[3]

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.[4][5] Housing developed in the bridge's vicinity.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] Some of the forcibly exiled Jews (who had moved to Portugal) soon returned as conversos.[9]

References

Citations
  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ a b "Datos del Registro de Entidades Locales". Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. ^ García Iñañez et al. 2009, pp. 279–280.
  4. ^ Sánchez Rey 1983, pp. 912–913.
  5. ^ Viñuales Ferreiro 2001, p. 359.
  6. ^ Viñuales Ferreiro 2001, pp. 359–360.
  7. ^ Viñuales Ferreiro 2001, p. 360.
  8. ^ Viñuales Ferreiro 2001, pp. 360–366.
  9. ^ Viñuales Ferreiro 2001, pp. 371–376.
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