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Castle of Alcalá del Júcar

At first it must have been erected as a Muslim work, as a result of the border reinforcement in Almohad times, at the end of the XII century, before the Christian advance of Alfonso VIII, passing to the Christian side when he conquered the Júcar area around the year 1213. Although recently restored and rebuilt, it seems that the current appearance is due to the fortifications carried out in the middle of the XV century, at the time of Don Juan Pacheco, Marquis of Villena. It consists of a pentagonal tower and two circular turrets at right angles, all with three floors inside; outside there are still remains of the original wall of the town. In 1994, with the project II of the School Workshop of Alcalá del Júcar, the natural environment was conditioned, improving the entrance of the Castle.

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Parish Church of Alcalá del Júcar

Of different periods between the XV and XVIII centuries, of unique nave in form of Latin cross, it offers in one of its sections a late Gothic vault; towards the head it presents cruise with cupola in which an inscription with the year 1.767 appears. The tower, as well as the façade, is of academicist style, by the architect Lorenzo Alonso.

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Roman Bridge of Alcalá del Júcar

Obligatory passage of the Royal Road from Castile to Levante, it gained great importance during the XIV and XV centuries, becoming a dry port or customs house. The brave Júcar forced in different dates its restoration, the most recent in 1990, replacing the deteriorated coping by the erosion and paving based on natural stone of Alcalá, by the workshops of masonry and stonemasonry of the Workshop I School.

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Bullring

Unique in its style due to its irregular shape. Its date of construction is unknown and it was rebuilt in 1902 to hold bullfights and theater, is located across the river on the mountainside.

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Hermitage of San Lorenzo, Alcalá del Júcar

located three kilometers from the town, on a small mound next to the river on the road that goes to Recueja, already existed in 1579, it is also known that it suffered a collapse being restored in 1742, recovering the dome and the tower. As for the paintings, there is an inscription that places its completion in 1805, the rest of the decoration reflects a clear neoclassical style. In 1993, due to the bad state of deterioration of the altarpiece, the stonemasonry workshop of the School Workshop II restored it, making the whole altarpiece with natural stone from Alcalá, carved and placed by hand, piece by piece. In 1994 the Brotherhood of San Lorenzo began the process of painting the hermitage and finally it was decided to completely restore the paintings, being Juan Manuel Pérez González the one who began the process of recovery, directed by the restorer Momo Makino, ending in 1999.

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