Monuments in Guadalajara

Guadalajara is a Spanish city that is part of the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha and is located in the center of the Iberian Peninsula. With a rich historical past can say that this town was conquered by other civilizations like Visigoths. Romans, Moors and finally the Spanish Crown.

Guadalajara has outstanding monuments of different characteristics whether military, civil, religious and modern urbanism among which we mention: the Real Alcázar of Guadalajara, Torreón de Alaminos, the Church of San Gil and the Church of San Ginés, among others.

Then start the Real Alcazar: The ruins date from the thirteenth century royal residence still Castilian from the late fifteenth century until. Abandoned for nearly 300 years, only in the eighteenth century the building was turned into cloth factory, and then allocated to host the headquarters of Santa Isabel and San Carlos College of Orphans of War and Ballooning Battalion. During the Civil War the Alcazar was bombed and destroyed almost completely. Since 1998 he has been the subject of several archaeological digs.

We continue our tour of the Tower of Alaminos This building complex consists of the tower and the bridge is located within the neighborhood of the same name from the medieval sits across the ravine east of the city. Built in the late thirteenth century this piece of architecture was built by order of the Infanta Isabel, Lady of Guadalajara, and her sister Beatriz, to facilitate access to the convent of St. Bernard had established themselves across the ravine. Today the tower houses a permanent exhibition on the medieval city.

Finally visit the church of San Gil and San Ginés. We start at the San Gil: This is located on the square of the Council. Here we can find the ruins of the old church of San Gil which only the apse remains standing XIII century Mudejar.

After our visit, we arrived at the Church of San Ginés: This is located south of Old Town Square in the heart of Santo Domingo, in the heart of the city. The present church, former convent of Santo Domingo de la Cruz, was begun in early 1561.