Uclés
This ancient town was founded as a Roman settlement, fortified by the Goths and given a castle, Mosque and baths by the Moors.
Today its main sightseeing attraction is the compound made up of the monastery, church and castle that can be seen from miles around.
The monastery boasts a monumental doorway, attributed to Pedro de Ribera, a sacristy in Spanish Renaissance Plateresque style and a magnificent 1548 carved-wood ceiling in the refectory, with the busts of Charles I of Spain and the 36 Masters of the Order of Santiago.
Segóbriga
Roman-Iberian town of high architectural value.
Described as "Caput Celtiberiae" by Plinius, it stood as an important hub on the roads from Carthago Nova to Complutum and Toletum to Segontia.
It was seat to the Bishopric in times of the Visigoths, who left the Basilica. Located near the entry to the archaeological sites, these are in fact the largest remains of an Early Christian of Gothic church ever excavated in Spain, with a floor space 48 m in length and 26 m across.
The breathtaking monumental heritage, which has been partially restored, includes: an amphitheatre, theatre, baths, a number of tomb and plaster copies of some of the marble statues deposited in the archaeological museum at Cuenca. |
