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Example sentences for: felipe
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The talaiot and taula at the site have been slightly damaged, not least when the French army fortified it and mounted guns to fire on the British in Fort San Felipe.
Felipe moved the royal court from Toledo to Madrid in 1561, converting an unimpressive town of less than 15,000 people into the capital of the world’s greatest empire.
El Escorial is a dramatic monastery, mausoleum, and palace built by Felipe II, and one of the most-visited places in Spain; and nearby is El Valle de los Caídos (Valley of the Fallen), Franco’s memorial to his reign and soldiers killed in the Civil War of 1936–1939.
The St. Felipe Neri Church, mentioned above, is also well worth a look.
In 1556, Charles abdicated in favor of his son, Felipe II, good news for Spain and even better for Madrid.