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• Casa del Labrador house in Aranjuez. Aranjuez.

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  … Calle Reina -Jardín del Príncipe- s/n. 28300. Aranjuez. Madrid. E-mail: info@patrimonionacional.es. www.patrimonionacional.es. This house was built during the reign of Charles IV over a modest workers' house within the gardens of Aranjuez Palace, on the banks of the Tagus River. The works were carri…

• Virgen de las Angustias or Alpagés Church. Aranjuez.

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  … Calle del Principe s/n. 28300. Aranjuez. Madrid. www.aranjuez.es. The church was built by Cristóbal Rodríguez de Xarama on top of the old church of Alpajés, erected in 1681. Its classicism is a result of the influence of the school of Madrid. This church was built with exposed brick and white stone.…

• Royal Convent of San Pascual. Aranjuez.

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  … Calle Rey, nº 75. 28300. Aranjuez. Madrid. E-mail: infoturismo@aranjuez.es. www.patrimonionacional.es. The Italian architect Francisco Sabatini also worked on the Royal Residence of Aranjuez, where he left this convent commissioned by King Charles III of Spain. The Convent of San Pascual Bailón was …

• San Carlos Hospital in Aranjuez. Aranjuez.

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  … Calle de la Concha s/n. 28300. Aranjuez. Madrid. E-mail: turismo@aranjuez-realsitio.com. www.aranjuez.com. Charles III ordered the hospital to be built under the control of Manuel Serrano in the 18th century and it was extended during the reign of Isabel II. It served as hospital for employees of th…

• Casa de Oficios y Caballeros House in Aranjuez. Aranjuez.

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  … Plaza de San Antonio. 28300. Aranjuez. Madrid. E-mail: turismo@aranjuez.es. www.aranjuez.es. This building is attached to the Royal Palace of Aranjuez. It was built in the 16th century, under the reign of Felipe II. Juan de Herrera was commissioned to do the work, following the designs of Gómez de M…

• Los Infantes House in Aranjuez. Aranjuez.

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  … Plaza de San Antonio. 28300. Aranjuez. Madrid. E-mail: turismo@aranjuez.es. www.aranjuez.es. The building was erected on the initiative of Charles III in the 18th century. The work was commissioned to Juan de Villanueva, but it was finally carried out by Manuel Serrano. This is a civil building that…

• San Antonio Church in Aranjuez. Aranjuez.

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  … Plaza de San Antonio. 28300. Aranjuez. Madrid. www.aranjuez.es. The church was conceived as a royal chapel, built upon an oratory that belonged to Philip IV. It was designed by the architects Isidro González Velázquez and Santiago Bonavía in the 18th century. This space is arranged in a system of ar…

• Royal Palace in Aranjuez. Aranjuez.

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  … Plaza de Parejas s/n. 28300. Aranjuez. Madrid. Fax.: +34 918921532 | E-mail: info@patrimonionacional.es. www.patrimonionacional.es. A royal residence. Work on this palace, along with the adjoining monuments, was begun by Philip II and completed by Charles III of Spain, and as a result it displays a …

• Cárdenas Palace. Ocaña.

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  … Plaza de Gutierre de Cárdenas s/n. 45300. Ocaña. Toledo. (Castile-La Mancha) Fax.: +34 925120969 | www.aytoocana.com. Renaissance palace. Its Gothic main front and the flat decorated polychrome ceilings are interesting. Cardenas Palace is in Renaissance style. Its floor plan is rectangular and it is…

• Ocaña Plaza Mayor Square. Ocaña.

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  … 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…

• Toledo Bridge. Madrid.

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  … Glorieta del Marqués de Vadillo s/n. 28019. Madrid. www.esmadrid.com. The present bridge was built on the site of a former bridge, destroyed by floods.Built in the 18th century by Pedro de Ribera. Made up of nine semicircular arches.Built of granite ashlar stone.In the middle of the bridge there are…

• San Jerónimo el Real Church. Madrid.

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  … Calle Moreto 4. 28014. Madrid. www.esmadrid.com. At the end of the 15th Century the San Jerónimo church and an annexed palace were built under the orders of the Catholic Monarchs. Being in the outskirts of Madrid at that time, the monarchs appointed the place as a place of retreat and repose. This t…

• Cathedral of Santos Niños Justo y Pastor in Alcalá de Henares.. Alcalá de Henares.

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  … Calle de la Tercia s/n. 28801. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. E-mail: catedraldealcala@gmail.com. www.visitascatedraldealcala.org. The church was built on the site where the children from Alcalá, Justo and Pastor, were said to have been martyred. The original structure was an old collegiate church which…

• University of Alcalá de Henares, or College of San Ildefonso. Alcalá de Henares.

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  … Plaza De San Diego s/n. 28801. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. E-mail: visitas.guiadas@uah.es. http://visitas.uah.es/. The birthplace of Cervantes. It was created by Cardinal Cisneros and given the name of College of San Ildefonso. The doorway is a fine example of the rich ornamentation of the purest Spa…

• Casa de la Entrevista house. Alcalá de Henares.

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  … Calle San Juan, 4. 28801. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. www.turismoalcala.es. This was the church of the old monastery of San Juan de la Penitencia , founded by Cardinal Cisneros in 1504. Its name ('the house of the interview') derives from the fact that this was where the first audience took place bet…

• Neptune Fountain. Madrid.

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  … Plaza de Cánovas del Castillo s/n. 28014. Madrid. www.esmadrid.com. The Neptune Fountain is on Paseo del Prado. Under the orders of King Carlos III, sculptor Juan Pascual de Mena began to build this marble statue in 1780. In 1786 his disciple José Rodríguez finished off the project, which represents…

• Alcalá de Henares Town Hall. Alcalá de Henares.

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  … Plaza de Cervantes 12. 28801. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. E-mail: info@alcaladehenares.es. www.ayto-alcaladehenares.es. The Town Hall building was once the old San Carlos Borromeo college-convent, also known as “Los Agonizantes”. In 1870 it became the Town Hall. The façade is eclectic in style and th…

• Alcalá de Henares Main Street. Alcalá de Henares.

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  … Calle Mayor. 28801. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. www.museo-casa-natal-cervantes.org. This street, which begins at the church of Santos Niños, was conceived as a major artery in the 12th century. As it was then, it is now still a busy commercial area. Along the street we see porches that are supported …

• La Imagen Carmelite Convent, Alcalá de Henares. Alcalá de Henares.

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  … Calle Imagen. 28801. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. www.turismoalcala.es. Founded in 1563 by the blessed Sister María de Jesús, under the patronage of Doña Leonor de Mascareñas, governess of Felipe II. The design of this Renaissance building's façade is attributed to Alonso de Covarrubias. The façade is…

• Episcopal Palace of Alcalá de Henares. Alcalá de Henares.

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  … Calle Cardenal Sandoval y Rojas, s/n. 28801. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. www.turismoalcala.es. The palace was the residence of the archbishops of Toledo from the 13th until the 19th century. In 1939 it was seriously damaged by fire, and not only a valuable artistic heritage but also the Central State…

• Royal Academy of History. Madrid.

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  … Calle del León 21. 28014. Madrid. Fax.: +34 913694636 | E-mail: secretaria.rah@rah.es. www.rah.es. The building was constructed by Juan de Villanueva in 1788, to house the site of the Casa de Nuevo Rezado of the Hieronymite monks. It is a Neoclassic style building of great simplicity.Outside and wor…

• Salón Cervantes Theatre. Alcalá de Henares.

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  … Calle Cervantes, 7. 28801. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. www.turismoalcala.es.   Built in 1888, this is one of the city's two theatres. It has a rectangular floor plan, and both the façade and the interior were remodelled in 1925 and subsequently refurbished in 1989. It offers a varied programme of eve…

• Chapel of El Oidor. Alcalá de Henares.

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  … Plaza de Cervantes s/n. 28801. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. www.turismoalcala.es. Founded in the 15th century by Don Pedro Díaz de Toledo, an oidor or high court judge under King John II, the chapel was part of the parish of Santa María la Mayor. Features worth noting are the highly cambered semicircu…

• Puerta de Alcalá Gate. Madrid.

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  … Plaza de la Independencia s/n. 28001. Madrid. www.esmadrid.com. This is one of the most well-known monuments in Madrid. Built between 1769 and 1778 under the orders of King Carlos III, it was designed by Francisco Sabatini and erected as a triumphal arch to celebrate the arrival of the monarch at th…

• Puerta de Toledo Gate. Madrid.

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  … Glorieta de la Puerta de Toledo s/n. 28005. Madrid. www.esmadrid.com. Nineteen metres tall and opened in 1827, this is the most recent monumental gate built in Madrid. The impressive granite construction was started in 1812 under the orders of Joseph Bonaparte. One year later, after the withdrawal o…