Cuenca

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Cuenca is a historic Spanish city renowned for its medieval architecture and dramatic “hanging houses” perched above deep river gorges.

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Label Occurrences
Cuenca canonical 7
City of Cuenca 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
areaCode +34 969
autonomousCommunityCapital no
capitalOf Province of Cuenca
climate Mediterranean climate with continental influences
conqueredBy Alfonso VIII of Castile
conquestYear 1177
country Spain
demonym conquense
distanceFromMadrid about 170 kilometres east of Madrid
elevation 946 metres
foundedBy Moor
surface form: Moors
foundedInCentury 8th century
governingBody Municipality of Cuenca
surface form: Ayuntamiento de Cuenca
hasCityStatusSince 12th century
hasLandmark Casas Colgadas
New Cathedral of Cuenca
surface form: Cuenca Cathedral

Plaza Mayor
surface form: Plaza Mayor de Cuenca

San Pablo Bridge
surface form: Puente de San Pablo

San Miguel Church
San Pedro Church
Torre de Mangana
hasMuseum Cuenca Provincial Museum
Diocesan Museum of Cuenca
Museum of Spanish Abstract Art
hasUniversityCampus University of Castilla-La Mancha
heritageDesignation Historic Walled Town of Cuenca
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
knownFor hanging houses
historic old town
medieval architecture
locatedIn Castile-La Mancha
surface form: Castilla-La Mancha

Province of Cuenca
locatedOnRiver Huécar River
Júcar River
officialLanguage Spanish
population approximately 55000 inhabitants
postalCodeRange 16001–16004
region central Spain
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST
tourismType cultural tourism
heritage tourism
UNESCOListingYear 1996
UNESCOSiteType cultural

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Province of Cuenca capital Cuenca
Province of Cuenca contains Cuenca
this entity surface form: City of Cuenca
Historic Walled Town of Cuenca partOf Cuenca
this entity surface form: City of Cuenca