Valencia de Don Juan

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Valencia de Don Juan is a municipality in the province of León in the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León. It is located between the valley of the river Esla and Los Oteros, within the Esla-Campos region. It was called Comeniaca in Roman times, and in the Middle Ages it was called Coyanza, a name that lasted until the 13th century when it was changed to its current name in honor of the first Duke of the town, the Infante Juan de Portugal, son of the Lusitanian king, Pedro I and Inés de Castro. The municipality was the seat of the Council of Coyanza, summoned by King Ferdinand I and which established rules of coexistence and religious for the subjects of their kingdoms.