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What to see and do in La Peraleja

What to see and do in La Peraleja (La Alcarria Conquense, Cuenca): 5 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Curiosities

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What to see and do in La Peraleja

La Peraleja
Village
Municipality of the comarca of La Alcarria Conquense, in the province of Cuenca, whose marquisate was created in 1712 by the Archduke Charles and which in 1849 had 935 inhabitants, against fewer than eighty today; its chapel of Nuestra Señora del Monte, the shrine of the patroness, was destroyed during the Civil War and rebuilt in 1939, and in the Montuenga area remains of Andalusi settlement with rock-cut tombs and pottery have been documented.
Church of San Miguel Arcángel de La Peraleja
Monument
The church of San Miguel Arcángel of La Peraleja is the parish temple and main historic building of the village, in the comarca of the Alcarria Conquense. According to Pascual Madoz's dictionary, in the mid-19th century it was served by an entry-level priest and a sacristan.
Hermitage of Nuestra Señora del Monte
Monument
The sanctuary of Our Lady of the Monte, patron saint of La Peraleja, was set on fire on the night of 31 July 1936 by militiamen who had arrived from Tarancón and later completely torn down. It was rebuilt in 1939, as recorded on a plaque on the façade, designed and built under the direction of José González Vaquero. The feast of the Virgin of the Monte is celebrated on 8 September.
The archaeological site of Montuenga
Nature
Remains of Andalusi settlement have been documented at the site of Montuenga, with graves cut into the rock and pottery.
The marquisate of La Peraleja
Curiosity
The marquisate of La Peraleja is a noble title created by the archduke-pretender Charles of Austria in favour of Juan José de Parada y Mendoza, perpetual regidor of Huete, by royal decree of 11 April 1707 and royal warrant of 15 March 1712. Its name refers to the municipality of La Peraleja, in the province of Cuenca, where the first titleholder held the greater part of his entailed estate and country property. The arms of the Parada family show three bars gules on a field of gold surrounded by two winged serpents, with the motto Super aspidem et basiliscum ambulabis. In 1849 the village had 935 inhabitants, a figure that has today fallen to fewer than eighty; the title has been held since 2007 by Manuel de Parada y Luca de Tena.