Citadel of Pony, detail of the interior

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Pony you begins to consolidate as military square from the one that to defend the peninsular Kingdom of a French hypothetical invasion. To this respect, Felipe II ordered the construction of several strengths throughout the whole Pirineo among those that it highlights the Citadel of Pony. In 1705 he/she stayed faithful to the king don Felipe. Their defense paper you confirms in Guerra of Succession, in which the city is positioned on the side of Borbones. Hence, it was besieged by the archduke's allies Carlos and aided by the marquis of Salutcioa whose view retired to a forest, where they were attacked by the marquis of Santa Coloma who a lot of people killed them and she made numerous prisoners. The king Felipe V gratified to the city of Pony with the titles of "very noble, very loyal, and very conquering" and adding the lis flower to the shield of its weapons that showed Cruz of Sobrarbe and the four heads, emblem of the battle of Alcoraz.

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