6 Sights in Ciudad Real, Spain (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Ciudad Real, Spain! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Ciudad Real. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Ciudad Real1. Panorámica del Campo de Batalla
Battle of Alarcos, was fought between the Almohads led by Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur and King Alfonso VIII of Castile. It resulted in the defeat of the Castilian forces and their subsequent retreat to Toledo, whereas the Almohads reconquered Trujillo, Montánchez, and Talavera.
2. Iglesia de Santiago
The church of Santiago Apóstol in Ciudad Real (Spain) is a religious building of the late Romanesque and early Gothic from the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. It has been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest since 1982 (RI-51-0004594-00000). Although it is considered a Gothic church with three naves and pointed arches, both its size and hermetic exterior appearance as well as the corbels of the eaves and the Mudejar coffered ceiling, demonstrate its Romanesque tradition and Islamic reminiscences.
3. Convento de las Carmelitas Descalzas
The monastery of Santa Isabel and San Antonio Abad de las Reverendas Madres Carmelitas Descalzas de Ciudad Real, better known as the convent of the Carmelites, the Carmelites or convent of Carmen is a religious building of the seventeenth century in Renaissance and Baroque style and listed as an Asset of Cultural Interest of the Historic-Artistic Monument type since 1991.
Wikipedia: Convento de las Carmelitas Descalzas (Ciudad Real) (ES)
4. Estación Nueva
The Estación Nueva, also known as the Gasset Park Station, was a railway station located in the Spanish municipality of Ciudad Real. Originally built on the occasion of the construction of the Madrid-Ciudad Real line, it would end up being replaced by the MZA station.
5. Museo Municipal López-Villaseñor
The López Villaseñor Museum is a museum located in the capital of the homonymous province of Ciudad Real. It is located in the old house-palace of Hernán Pérez del Pulgar and is dedicated to the artist Manuel López Villaseñor. The museum, inaugurated in 1990 after the complete renovation of the building undertaken, is managed directly by the City Council of Ciudad Real. In the Museum you can visit the largest collection of works by the painter, although other museums such as the Museum of Contemporary Art of Madrid, the Vatican Museum or the Museum of Granada are distributed in twelve rooms. In addition to the temporary exhibition, you can also visit other temporary exhibitions and local events held there.
6. Catedral de Santa María del Prado
The Cathedral Basilica of Santa María del Prado (Holy Priory Church of the Military Orders Basilica Cathedral of Our Lady Santa María del Prado) of Ciudad Real, begun in the fifteenth century, is in the Gothic style, although it has earlier elements of late Romanesque style belonging to the predecessor of the cathedral: the parish church of the time of Alfonso X the Wise. The cathedral was built on top of it, which was completed in the mid-sixteenth century after the construction of the vault roofs. However, we also find later elements, in Renaissance and Baroque style. The last thing to be built was the current tower, at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
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