Uclés

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Uclés is a historic town in central Spain best known for its imposing monastery-fortress that served as a major stronghold of the medieval military orders.

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Uclés canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
fortress
monastery
municipality
architecturalStyle Baroque
surface form: Baroque architecture

Herrerian architecture NERFINISHED
Renaissance architecture
autonomousCommunity Castile-La Mancha NERFINISHED
coordinateLatitude approximately 39.979° N
coordinateLongitude approximately 2.862° W
country Spain
Spain
distanceFromMadrid about 100 km east
economy agriculture
rural tourism
elevation around 780 metres
hasHeritageSite Monastery of Uclés NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalEvent Battle of Uclés (1108) NERFINISHED
hasLandmark Monastery of Uclés NERFINISHED
hasReligiousBuilding Parish church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción NERFINISHED
heritageDesignation Bien de Interés Cultural
Monument
historicalRole headquarters of the Order of Santiago in Castile
stronghold of the Order of Santiago
locatedIn Castile-La Mancha NERFINISHED
Province of Cuenca NERFINISHED
Uclés NERFINISHED
central Spain
location near Uclés
notableFor monastery-fortress of Uclés NERFINISHED
role in medieval military orders
officialLanguage Spanish
ownedBy Order of Santiago NERFINISHED
participant Almoravid dynasty NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Castile NERFINISHED
partOf comarca of Mancha Alta NERFINISHED
population around 200 inhabitants
postalCode 16452
province Cuenca NERFINISHED
region La Mancha NERFINISHED
timeZone CEST
CET
use fortified complex
religious complex

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