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Palace of la Clavería

Aldea del Rey, Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real

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Palace of la Clavería

Monument · Aldea del Rey, Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real

The palacio de la Clavería, also called palacio Norte, is a 16th-century Renaissance building with 17th-century elements, located on the outskirts of Aldea del Rey (Ciudad Real), on the edge of the town centre. It was founded by Felipe II to house the clavero of the Orden de Calatrava, in charge of guarding the keys of the castle-convent. The building, of two storeys with a patio with Tuscan columns, has on its brick and ashlar façade a doorway crowned by a triangular pediment with four coats of arms, among them that of Fernando de Córdoba, clavero of the order. Declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection), monument category, in 1992, it is in a critical state of neglect, with its roof collapsed, and for that reason appears on the Lista Roja del Patrimonio of Hispania Nostra.

Photo: Mián Prici (CC BY-SA 3.0 es)

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