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• Ruins of the city of Vascos. Navalmoralejo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Finca Las Cucañas. 45573. Navalmoralejo. Toledo. (Castile-La Mancha) E-mail: director.patrimonio@jccm.es. www.diputoledo.es. Hispano-Muslim city. The laying out of Vascos began in the 9th century, with the fortress built on the remains of a previous tower going back to the time of the Roman empire. …

• Puerta de Alfonso VI gate. Toledo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Alfonso VI s/n. 45003. Toledo. (Castile-La Mancha) www.toledo-turismo.com. Also known as the Puerta Vieja de Bisagra (old Bisagra gate). These are the only surviving remains of the Arab wall. The Puerta de Alfonso VI gate is the only surviving part of the Arab wall. It was once the main entran…

• Santa María La Blanca synagogue. Toledo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Reyes Católicos 4. 45002. Toledo. (Castile-La Mancha) www.toledo-turismo.com. This Mudéjar construction was built in 1180. It has five naves separated by pillars supporting horseshoe arches. In the 15th century it was converted into a church, although today it is simply a monument which is ope…

• Nueva de Bisagra Gate. Toledo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Puerta de Bisagra s/n. 45003. Toledo. (Castile-La Mancha) www.toledo-turismo.com/. Of Arab origin, it was rebuilt by Alonso de Covarrubias in Renaissance-style, back in the 16th century. It has two sides. The one that faces the city opens up with a semicircular arch, flanked by two square towe…

• Puerta del Sol Square. Toledo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Carretas s/n. 45003. Toledo. (Castile-La Mancha) www.toledo-turismo.com. Caballeros Hospitalarios (Knights Hospitaller) gateway. It was built in the 13th century by the Knights Hospitaller as an entry point into the city through the city walls. The gateway is rectangular with a semicircular to…

• Puerta del Cambrón gate. Toledo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Paseo de Recaredo s/n. 45002. Toledo. (Castile-La Mancha) http://www.toledo-turismo.com/. It was also historically known as the gate of the Jews. This gate owes its name to the spiny buckthorn bushes all around it which are known in Spanish as cambroneras. It is built over the remains of a Visigoth …

• San Julián Seminary. Cuenca.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Merced s/n. 16001. Cuenca. (Castile-La Mancha) E-mail: info@turismocuenca.com. www.turismocuenca.com. It was built in 1745 on the remains of the palace of the Marquis of Siruela. Especially outstanding are its Baroque façade and magnificent Gothic altarpiece, work of Maestro de Horcajo.…

• El Tránsito synagogue. Toledo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Samuel Leví s/n. 45002. Toledo. (Castile-La Mancha) Fax.: +34 925215831 | http://museosefardi.mcu.es. Mudéjar art in El Tránsito synagogue. The El Tránsito synagogue is the common name for the synagogue of Samuel ha-Leví, and is the most important example of Spanish-Jewish art in existence. It…

• Ocaña Plaza Mayor Square. Ocaña.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza Mayor. 45300. Ocaña. Toledo. (Castile-La Mancha) Fax.: +34 925120969 | www.aytoocana.com. Artistic and urban centre. The main roads around Ocaña converge in this square, where the Town Hall is situated. It is a Baroque square with a rectangular layout that, in fact, is almost square. It was bu…

• Hanging Houses. Cuenca.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Obispo Valero. 16001. Cuenca. (Castile-La Mancha) Fax.: + 34 969212285 | E-mail: museocuenca@expo.march.es. http://www.march.es/arte/cuenca/.   The whole face of the Huécar Gorge was once lined with hanging houses. Today only three remain, and these were thoroughly restored at the beginning of…

• Cuenca Town Hall. Cuenca.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza Mayor 1. 16001. Cuenca. (Castile-La Mancha) http://www.turismocuenca.com. The building is two storeys high, resting on a triple arcade of semicircular arches, crowned by a coat of arms. The façade that faces the mains square (Plaza Mayor) is the most profusely decorated. The other façade faces…

• Carranque Archaeological Park. Carranque.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carretera Carranque-Madrid, km. 34. 45216. Carranque. Toledo. (Castile-La Mancha) E-mail: pacarranque@jccm.es. http://www.patrimoniohistoricoclm.es/parque-arqueologico-de-carranque/. The Carranque Archaeological Park can be reached in under an hour by car from Madrid and Toledo. This Roman site date…

• Roman Ruins of Ercávica. Cañaveruelas.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 16537. Cañaveruelas. Cuenca. (Castile-La Mancha) www.patrimoniohistoricoclm.es. Ancient town. They are the remains of Spanish-Roman city. This site is an example of a Spanish-Roman city, which appeared when the Romans were colonising the Iberian Peninsula. It is situated in a high place to be easily…

• Segóbriga Archaeological Park. Saelices.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carretera Carrascosa de Campo a Villamayor de Santiago, s/n. 16430. Saelices. Cuenca. (Castile-La Mancha) E-mail: segobriga@jccm.es. http://www.patrimoniohistoricoclm.es/parque-arqueologico-de-segobriga/.   The urban development of Segóbriga dates from the first century B.C., and the city’s theatre,…

• Roman Ruins of Valeria. Valeras, Las.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 16121. Valeras, Las. Cuenca. (Castile-La Mancha) http://www.patrimoniohistoricoclm.es/yacimiento-de-valeria/. It was founded by the praetor Valerius Flacus in 82 BC. Among the remains at the Roman site are the Forum, a large nympheum (public fountain, 85 metres long) and four underground reservoirs …

• Archaeological site of Recópolis. Zorita de los Canes.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carretera de Almoguera, s/n. 19119. Zorita de los Canes. Guadalajara. (Castile-La Mancha) http://www.patrimoniohistoricoclm.es/parque-arqueologico-de-recopolis/. Defensive walls, a church, a palace-basilica and various other archaeological remains of what was once one of the most important cities in…

• Puerta de Toledo Gate. Ciudad Real.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Puerta de Toledo. 13003. Ciudad Real. (Castile-La Mancha) Fax.: +34 926216640 | E-mail: turismo@ayto-ciudadreal.es. http://www.ciudadrealturismo.com/. Relics of Arab history. This gate is all that remains of the Royal Citadel of Ciudad Real. It dates from the 14th century. It has 6 arche…

• Alcaraz Plaza Mayor Square. Alcaraz.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza Mayor. 02300. Alcaraz. Albacete. (Castile-La Mancha) Fax.: +34 967380297 | E-mail: alcaraz@dipualba.es. http://www.alcaraz.es. A sober square. It was intended to create a large market area for Alcaraz. The Plaza Mayor in Alcaraz was built in the 16th century. It is rectangular in shape, with s…

• El Tolmo de Minateda Archaeological Park. Hellín.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carretera Nacional 301, de Abacete a Murcia. 02400. Hellín. Albacete. (Castile-La Mancha) E-mail: turismo@turismohellin.com. http://www.turismohellin.com/. Polychrome paintings of hunting scenes. The paintings were discovered by Juan Jiménez Llamas in 1914, and caused great interest amongst speciali…

• Solana de las Covachas Caves. Nerpio.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Parque El Molino s/n. 02539. Nerpio. Albacete. (Castile-La Mancha) www.parqueculturalnerpio.com. Prehistoric rock art in eastern Spain. The Solana de la Covachas system is at the head of La Taibilla River. It comprises nine caves that were discovered in 1954 by José Soto Pérez. The sites have adjace…

• Alpera Shelters. Alpera.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Cerro de El Bosque. 02690. Alpera. Albacete. (Castile-La Mancha) Rock paintings in the La Vieja and El Queso caves. There are important prehistoric shelters in Alpera where schematic human figures appear, invariably depicted in monochrome, as well as numerous scenes of hunting, dancing, fighting, ha…