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1946, and holiday homes have
subsequently sprung up close
to the shores and on the
outskirts of villages.
In the historic ducal town of
Pastrana, 45 km (28 miles) south­
east of Guadalajara, is one of the
prettiest towns in the Alcarria.
The town developed alongside
the Palacio Mendoza, and by the
17th century was larger and
more affluent than Guadalajara.
The Iglesia Colegiata de la
Asunción contains four 15th­
century Flemish tapestries and
paintings from El Greco’s school.
Brihuega, 30 km (19 miles)
northeast of Guadalajara, has
a pleasant old centre.

5 Guadalajara
Guadalajara. * 84,800. £ @ n
Plaza Aviación Militar Española, 949 88
70 99. ( Tue, Sat. _ Virgen de la
Antigua (Sep). ∑ guadalajara.es
Guadalajara’s history is largely
lost within the modern city,
although traces of its
Renaissance splendour survive.
The Palacio de los Duques del Sculpted rock figures in Ciudad Encantada
Infantado, built between the
14th and 17th centuries by the The 15th­century Iglesia de beauty spots are the Ciudad
powerful Mendoza dynasty, is San Francisco is home to the Encantada (Enchanted City),
an out standing example of mausoleum of the Mendoza where the limestone has been
Gothic­Mudéjar architecture (see family; it cannot, however, be eroded into spectacular shapes,
p28). The main façade and patio visited. The cathedral is built and the moss­clad waterfalls
are adorned with carving. The on the site of a mosque. and rock pools of the
restored palace now houses the Nacimiento del Río Cuervo
Museo Provincial. Among the Environs (Source of the River Cuervo).
churches in the town is the At Lupiana, 11 km (7 miles) east The main river flowing
Iglesia de Santiago, with a of Guadalajara, is the two­storey through the area, the Júcar,
Gothic­Plateresque chapel Monasterio de San Bartolomé, carves a gorge near Villalba de
by Alonso de Covarrubias. founded in the 14th century. la Sierra. The viewpoint of the
Ventano del Diablo gives
P Palacio de los Duques the best view of the gorge.
del Infantado Between Beteta and Priego, to
Plaza de los Caídos en la Guerra Civil the north, is an other spectacular
13. Tel 949 21 33 01. Open daily; river canyon, the Hoz de Beteta,
museum: Tue–Sun. 7 where the Río Guadiela has cut
its way through the surrounding
cliffs. There are good views from
6 Serranía de the convent of San Miguel de las
Cuenca Victorias. A small road leads to
the 18th­century royal spa
Cuenca. @ Cuenca. n Calle of Solán de Cabras.
Alfonso VIII 2, Cuenca, 969 24 10 51.
∑ serraniaaltadecuenca.es In the emptier eastern and
southern tracts is Cañete, a
To the north and east of Cuenca pretty, fortified old town with a
stretches the vast serranía, a parish church displaying 16th­
mountainous area of forests century paintings. To the south­
Detail of the façade of the Palacio de los and pastures dissected by deep east of Cañete are the eerie ruins
Duques del Infantado gorges. Its two most popular of the abandoned town of Moya.

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