- Alaejos
Infobox City
official_name = Alaejos, Spain | nickname = |
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| map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name =Spain | subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community | subdivision_name1 =Castile and León | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Valladolid | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = Alaejos | leader_title = Major| leader_name = Carlos Mangas Nieto| area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 102 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | elevation_m = 754 | population_as_of = 2004 | population_note = | population_total = 1627 | population_density_km2 = 16.0 | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | latitude = 41|18|26| longitude = 5|12|56| website = | footnotes = |Alaejos is a municipality located in the province of Valladolid,
Castile and León ,Spain . According to the2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 1,627 inhabitants.History
Even though the origins of the town remain uncertain, it is known that it was part of the old province of
Toro . Its name around the XII and XIII century was Falafeios. One theory says that it might have been founded by the Castilian monarchs as a hamlet in the reconquered territories during the "Reconquista ".By the mid XIV century, the village had been sold to
Medina del Campo by Diego Fernández de Medina. It was a jurisdictional dominion by theBishop of Ávila , Alfonso de Fonseca, until the XIX century.During the XV century,
Doña Juana de Portugal (Enrique IV 's wife) was imprisoned in the castle of Alaejos. In 1520, thecomuneros destroyed a large part of the town. In 1595 it joinedValladolid 's Bishopric, even though it kept being part of theProvince of Segovia .By year 1785, the Royal Economical Society of Charity (Real Sociedad Caritativo Económica) was founded in the town as a part of the spirit of the
Enlightenment , which promoted several and very advanced economic, social and educational activities for the childhood and the youth of the town.The town was declared Conjunto Histórico-Artístico (the equivalent to
Heritage Preservation ) in 1980.
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