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Cuenca

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: María Jesús Redondo

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Dec 12, 2022 03:38 PM — History

The site of Cuenca, Spain, was first occupied by Muslim Arabs in the eighth century who fortified a location between the Júcar and Huécar rivers that became known as Ḳūnka. The fort was ceded by means of treaty to Alfonso VI of León and Castile in 1080. By the thirteenth century, Cuenca was part of the kingdom of Alfonso X.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/503948792

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
40.0681156, -2.1348241

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Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of modern Cuenca (AD 640 - Present) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Cuenca (Spanish, AD 640 - AD 1453)
- Cuenca (Spanish, modern)
- Ḳūnka (Kunka: Arabic, unspecified date range)

Cuenca makes connections with:

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Cuenca receives connections from:

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Place type:
settlement, settlement-modern

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
María Jesús Redondo, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Cuenca: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/503948792> [accessed: 22 November 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/503948792 |title=Places: 503948792 (Cuenca) |author=Jesús Redondo, M. |accessdate=November 22, 2024 10:30 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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