New Castle of Manzanares el Real

The New Castle of Manzanares el Real, also known as Castle of los Mendoza, is a palace-fortress erected in the 15th century in the town of Manzanares el Real (Community of Madrid, Spain), next to the Santillana reservoir at the foot of Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range.

Its construction began in 1475 on a Romanesque-Mudéjar hermitage. It was raised on the river Manzanares, as a residential palace of the House of Mendoza, in the vicinity of an ancient fortress that was abandoned once the new castle was built.

The castle now houses a museum of Spanish castles and hosts a collection of tapestries.

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New Castle of Manzanares el Real ranks #1,712 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #62 of the 600 mapped in Spain. Founded 1475, it is older than 47% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 434 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,219 times in the last 60 days, more than 69% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Segovia, 33 km away. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.

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