Isabel Route - Madrigal de las Altas Torres
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Isabella I of Castile was born on 22nd April 1451 in the palace that stood on the site of the Monastery of Nuestra Señora de Gracia. Several of the original palace rooms are still standing, as well as the state staircase and Court Room, the cloister, the Royal Chapel, the Ambassadors’ Hall and the Queen’s Bedchamber. The collection of artworks also includes sculptures, paintings as well as documents, furniture and other items from the period.
The Gothic-Mudejar Church of San Nicolás de Bari houses the font where Queen Isabella was baptised. This temple was also the setting for the marriage between Isabella’s parents, John II of Castile and Isabella of Portugal, in 1447.
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Church of San Nicolas de BariMore informationMudéjar parochial church built in the 13th century, with two apses with brick archways and coffered ceilings. Also worth a look are the paintings and sculptures and the 75-metre-high tower.Isabel la Católica...
Church of Santa Maria del CastilloMore information12th-century mudejar structure located on the site of an earlier fortress.The church has a single nave with a Latin cross ground plan and the ornate altarpieces are Baroque. The belfry tower is topped...
Madrigal de las Altas TorresMore informationOn the Avila plain and with an illustrious past, Madrigal de las Altas Torres stands out for its powerful historical heritage. Birthplace of Isabel la Católica and residence of kings, this beautiful walled...
Augustinian convent and Palacio de Juan IIMore informationIt was King Juan II's palace once; it became later on, and is still at present, a convent for the Augustinian order, an order which was joined by several bastard daughters of the Kings Fernando el Católico,...
Convent of San AgustinMore informationThe convent, situated outside the walls of the town, was founded in 1353, according to privilege of Alfonso XI, as a convent of nuns, linked to the Court, passing its property to the Austin Friars as convent...
House of Isabel the CatholicMore informationThe Palacio de D. Juan II, now a monastery, retains some of the rooms of the era: royal staircase and sala de Cortes (official room), both fifteenth century Mudejar, cloister, royal chapel, visitors’ reception...
Museum Mexomexicano Vasco de QuirogaMore informationDedicated to don Vasco de Quiroga, first bishop of Michoacán, México. Born in Madrigal de las Altas Torres in 1470.
Hospital of the Purisima ConcepcionMore informationFundado por María de Aragón, esposa de Juan II de Castilla, en 1443, conserva de su primitivo estado el doble pórtico de cantería, renacentista, con los escudos reales en columnas y antepechos.The chapel...
Walls of Madrigal / Doors of Cantalapiedra - de Medina - Arevalo and PeñarandaMore informationSe conserva gran parte de las murallas y de sus torreones, que engloban un perímetro de 2.300 metros, casi circular, erigido en el siglo XII bajo el reinado de Alfonso VIII y acorde con el estilo neobabilónico...
