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King's House of Ruidera

Ruidera, La Mancha, Ciudad Real

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King's House of Ruidera

Monument · Ruidera, La Mancha, Ciudad Real

Image of Ruidera, not of the place itself.

18th-century building built by the architect Juan de Villanueva on the orders of King Charles III as a residence for his son, the Infante don Gabriel, beside the lagoons of Ruidera. It had to be repaired in 1800 after an explosion at a nearby gunpowder factory, and during the first Carlist war it came to be used to store artillery.

Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5)

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