The Castle Palace is located on a hill that dominates San Leonardo. Juan Manrique de Lara had it built in 1563 with a license from King Felipe II. This work was designed by Don Juan Manrique himself along with Bartolomé Carlone.

It is a bastioned fortress from the Renaissance period, whose interior was decorated with rich and sumptuous ornaments and the exterior was prepared to repel attacks with a firearm, with thicker and more resistant bulwarks. Unique sample of the castles of the time, its peculiar layout and construction made it a model for many other contemporaries built in America and an unparalleled example of Renaissance military architecture.

The palace, with a rectangular base, with an interior patio and two floors, overlooks the exterior of the fortress not only with large windows, unlike a castle and originally decorated with classical moldings, of which some remains have appeared, but above all, for the classic cover, which over the years has been reinterpreted thanks to the remains found.

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Military architecture
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Castle / Fortress / Watchtower
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Renaissance

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