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Houses of La Alhondiga and of Alvarado - Bracamonte Picture of the houses of La Alhondiga and of Alvarado - Bracamonte taken in/from La Laguna (Tenerife - Spain) Date: Oct-2006 Camera: Sony DSC-H5 Comments: The house of La Alhondiga was build between 1705 and 1709, reigning Felipe V, as explained in a inscription on the main front. It was used for administrative and economical control purposes of the island. The house of Alvarado - Bracamonte or of Los Capitanes Generales was build by Diego Alvarado y Bracamonte, militar authority of Tenerife between 1624 and 1631, and belonged to his descendants, the Marquisis of BreƱa - Mejorada, for centuries. |