 After a plague epidemics in Valladolid, Lerma suggested the King to go back to Madrid, earning a hefty profit when the Royal Court went back to Madrid and the prizes went up again accordingly.The city was again damaged by a flood of the rivers Pisuerga and Esgueva.Despite the damage caused in the old city by the 1960s economic boom, it still boasts a few architectural manifestations of its former glory.