Castle of the Calatravos
Castle in Alcañiz, Aragon, Spain
Castle of the Calatravos | |
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Castillo de los Calatravos | |
Alternative names | Parador de Alcañiz |
Hotel chain | Paradores |
General information | |
Status | Active |
Type | Castle |
Town or city | Alcañiz (Teruel) |
Country | Spain |
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Parador de Alcañiz | |
Official name | Castillo Interior o Alcázar |
Type | Non-movable |
Criteria | Monument |
Designated | 25 June 1925 |
Reference no. | RI-51-0000312 |
The Castle of the Calatravos is a castle in Alcañiz (Teruel), Spain, that belonged to the Order of Calatrava. This military order played an important role in the reconquest of the town in 1157; the oldest rooms in the building date back to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, elements of Mudéjar ornamentation were added both to the castle itself and to the walls that surrounded it. The late-Renaissance main façade was added in the eighteenth century. Since 1968 it houses a Parador hotel designed by the Spanish architect José Luis Picardo.[1]
Gallery
- Palacio de los Comendadores façade.
- Cloister.
- Romanesque entrance.
- Juan de Lanuza tomb.
- Palacio de los Comendadores entrance.
- Interior.
References
- ^ "Castillo de los calatravos - parador nacional". Ayuntamiento de Alcañiz (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-24.
External links
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