San Esteban de Gormaz
The first parliamentary bodies involving representatives of the urban middle class were summoned in 12th century Spain. In 1187, the Castillian King Alfonso VIII summoned representatives of the nobility, the church and the 50 most important cities to a council in San Esteban de Gormaz, Soria. There was another meeting with representatives of the cities in Carrión de los Condes, Palencia, the next year. However, all those meetings were exceptional and not leading to a regular attendance of town representatives in the "Curiae".