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Alba de Tormes

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From the 12th to the 19th century, the monastery of San Leonardo was located outside the walls of Alba.

During medieval times, a Jewish community thrived in Alba de Tormes, with the first record of Jewish presence dating to 1140 AD. The community thrived until the 1492 expulsion of the Jews.

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