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3 unusual facts about Ducados


Avinguda de Catalunya, Lleida

Most buildings are relatively recent, and include the infamous Edifici dels Sindicats, or Labor Union building, also called the "Ducados building" because of its alleged resemblance to a Ducados blue cigarette box.

Ducados

Duchy or dukedom and governed by a Duke or Duchess regnant

Gaspar Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 9th Duke of Medina Sidonia

In 1639 the 9th Duke was married for a second time to Seville noblewoman Juana Fernández de Córdoba, but only after signing documents giving the considerable amount of 20,000 Ducados to Margarita Marañon, on condition she become a nun near his palace in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, later in a Dominican convent.


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