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Cervera is the capital of the comarca of Segarra, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.
In the year 1026, three peasant families built the first settlement in the comarca of Segarra, in those moments it was uninhabited. Later the Barcelona counts committed the ownesses of those lands to those people. With this, the counts wanted to commit their power in the area, so the Segarra was at that time the border between Christian and Muslim territories, creating the first fortress (castrum Cervarie).
Once the Western border was established in Lleida at the year 1149, Cervera grew up quickly in a terraced houses way across the wall. The inhabitants were freed from the feudal people's abuses and with the royal privileges, the town got established more and more as a Confraria (1182), from Consolat (municipal organ) (1202), and from 1267 till the present, as a Paeria. In 1702, the town got the title of city from the king Philip V, people from the town thanked the king this action. The king did that action because in a slightly way during the war and in a stronger way after his victory, local people show their support to the king's politics.
In the year 1026, three peasant families built the first settlement in the comarca of Segarra, in those moments it was uninhabited. Later the Barcelona counts committed the ownesses of those lands to those people. With this, the counts wanted to commit their power in the area, so the Segarra was at that time the border between Christian and Muslim territories, creating the first fortress (castrum Cervarie).
Once the Western border was established in Lleida at the year 1149, Cervera grew up quickly in a terraced houses way across the wall. The inhabitants were freed from the feudal people's abuses and with the royal privileges, the town got established more and more as a Confraria (1182), from Consolat (municipal organ) (1202), and from 1267 till the present, as a Paeria. In 1702, the town got the title of city from the king Philip V, people from the town thanked the king this action. The king did that action because in a slightly way during the war and in a stronger way after his victory, local people show their support to the king's politics.
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