Segura de León


Segura de León is a Spanish municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura. It has a population of 2,170 and an area of 106 km2. It belongs to the comarca of Tentudía.
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History

Ferdinand III tasked the Knights of the Order of Santiago with reinforcing the land forces of the amphibious siege on Seville, so the territory around Montemolín including Segura was conquered by the knights towards 1246–1248 as part of the operations to clean up the rearguard in Sierra Morena. Paio Peres Correia, Master of the Order of Santiago, granted Segura a fuero on 26 March 1274, thus Segura segregated from the encomienda of Montemolín and became a standalone town.