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Alhambra Decree: 521 Years Later

Posted by: Francisco Macías

  This Easter Sunday, March 31, marks the 521st anniversary of the issuance of the Alhambra Decree.  To some, that name means nothing.  Perhaps it is better known by its other name: The Edict of Expulsion. It was in the city of Granada, in the spring of 1492 that the Catholic Monarchs, Isabelle of Castile …