Novillas (Spain)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Novillas (Spain)
Coordinates
-1.3949653 -1.3949653 41.9341634 41.9341634 (gooearth )
Associated country
Spain
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 154945848
Wikidata: Q1640141
Library of congress: n 97120234
Sources of Information
  • BGN, Spain, 1961:(Novillas, popl. pl. 41°56ʹN; 1°23ʹW; in Aragon)
  • La encomienda de Novillas y su pasado artístico, 1997:t.p. (Novillas)
  • BGN, Spain, 1961:(Novillas, popl. pl. 41p0s 56' N; 1p0s 23' W; in Aragon)

Wikipedia description:

Novillas is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 667 inhabitants. In the 12the century, the Grand Master of the Knights Templar Arnold of Torroja organized a group of intellectuals who wrote the Cartulary of Knights Templar of the Preceptory of Novillas, a collection of 444 manuscripts describing the corporative identity, the rights and the properties of the order in a tensioned area of border across the three main kingdoms of Spain (Aragon, Castile and Pamplona). In the former islamic Valley of the middle Ebro, the Templar's area of influence developed around the encomienda of Novillas.

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