Antonio Tavira Y Almazán
Antonio Tavira y Almazán, (Iznatoraf, Province of Jaén (Spain), Jaén, 30 September 1737 - Salamanca, 7 January 1807). A member of the Royal Spanish Academy from 1775 to 1807. Famous archeologist who found visigothic remains, near Cabezo del Griego, described since then as Segobriga. He had some clashes with the Spanish Inquisition, related to the regalist wishes of King Carlos IV of Spain to give to the bishop's jurisdiction on the annulment of marriages, he was also the Honorary Chaplain of King Charles III of Spain since 1772, aged 36. A Knight and a Prior of the Military Order of Santiago in Uclés, Cuenca Province (Spain), province of Cuenca, (1788–1789), Bishop of Canarias, (1791–1796), Bishop of Osma, (1796–1798), Bishop of Salamanca, (1798–1807). He was a very close friend of Minister Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, suspicious of the Spanish Inquisitors at the end of the 18th century whom he suspected of incompetence and connivence with the French regalist, "cons ...
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Iznatoraf
Iznatoraf is a municipality located in the Jaén (Spanish province), province of Jaén, Spain. According to the 2005 census,Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain), Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) the municipality has a population of 1188 inhabitants. See also *Sierra de Cazorla *Antonio Tavira y Almazán * List of municipalities in Jaén References External links

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