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• 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…

• Almansa Castle. Almansa.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle del Castillo 18. 02640. Almansa. Albacete. (Castile-La Mancha) E-mail: turismoalmansa@hotmail.com. www.almansa.es. Fortification dating back to the 14th century, and altered in the 15th. Fortification dating back to the 14th century, and altered in the 15th. One of the most beautiful castles i…

• Cave of Don Juan. Jalance.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Cueva de don Juan. 46624. Jalance. Valencia. E-mail: info@cuevadedonjuan.com. http://www.cuevadedonjuan.com. A shelter dating from the time of Al-Andalus. The cave's existence has been known since the early 17th century, when it was apparently used as refuge by various moriscos (converted Muslims). …

• Santa María del Salvador Church. Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Mancha s/n. 02520. Chinchilla de Monte-Aragon. Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón. Albacete. (Castile-La Mancha) E-mail: oficinadeturismo@ayuntamientodechinchilla.com. www.chinchillademontearagon.com. The Marquis of Villena's contribution to art. A museum of precious metalwork, sculpture and pai…

• Chinchilla de Montearagón Castle. Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 02520. Chinchilla de Monte-Aragon. Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón. Albacete. (Castile-La Mancha) E-mail: oficinadeturismo@ayuntamientochinchilla.com. www.chinchillademontearagon.com. Remains of an Arab past. In the 15th century, Juan Pacheco, Marquis of Villena, restored a castle of Arab origin, “Xerif …

• La Araña Caves (Cave II).. Bicorp.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 46825. Bicorp. Valencia. E-mail: bicorp-alc@gva.es. Scenes depicted at the Araña Caves. La Araña Cave, in Bicorp, is outstanding for its prehistoric rock art, especially the scene depicting the hunting of wild goats. Arrows and wounded animals are some of the elements you can see in this wonderful c…

• Sanctuary of the Purísima Concepción Castle-Basilica. Yecla.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Yecla. Murcia. E-mail: basilicadelapurisima@hotmail.es. http://basilicadelapurisima.com/. It is built in neo-Classical style and is outstanding for its semi-spherical dome with blue and white stained glass windows with spiral decorations. Inside, the main element is marble, to be found both on the a…

• Canto de la Visera Shelter. Yecla.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 30510. Yecla. Murcia. www.yecla.com/ayuntamiento/.   The first traces of human activity have been found in several archaeological sites. The Canto de la Visera shelters have been dated to the Bronze Age (2nd millennium B. C.), and have revealed fields of rock carvings.…

• Arabí Mountain. Yecla.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 30510. Yecla. Murcia. www.ayuntamientoyecla.com. Monte Arabí cave paintings. In Yecla, Monte Arabí houses a series of cave paintings the most notable of which can be found in Visera Rocks, Mediodía cave and in los Muertos and Arabilejo ravines. they were discovered by Juan Zuazo Palacios in 1912. Th…

• San Juan Bautista Cathedral. Albacete.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Virgen de los Llanos s/n. 02001. Albacete. (Castile-La Mancha) www.albacete.es. The new Cathedral. The Gothic church of San Juan was recently completed and given the status of cathedral. The cathedral is built on the site of the old church of San Juan. It was started at the beginning of …

• Albacete Museum. Albacete.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Parque Abelardo Sánchez s/n. 02002. Albacete. (Castile-La Mancha) Fax.: +34 967229515 | http://www.patrimoniohistoricoclm.es/museo-de-albacete/. A journey into History. The museum takes us into the history and heritage of this city in Castile-la Mancha. It has three very different sections: Archaeol…