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What to see and do in Zorita de los Canes

What to see and do in Zorita de los Canes (La Alcarria, Guadalajara): 2 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Historical milestones

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What to see and do in Zorita de los Canes

Zorita de los Canes
Village
Zorita de los Canes is a municipality of the La Alcarria comarca, in the province of Guadalajara, with 72 inhabitants (2025), located on the left bank of the Tagus below a castle of Andalusi origin built in the early 9th century; it was conquered by Álvar Fáñez in 1097, recovered in 1124 by Alfonso VII and given in 1174 by Alfonso VIII to the Order of Calatrava, which granted it a charter in 1180. On its municipal territory stands Recópolis, the city that Leovigild had built above the Tagus in the year 578 in honour of his son Reccared; it preserves the palatial complex, the church, the monumental gate, the aqueduct and the main street, and is the only urban foundation of state initiative from the early European Middle Ages.
Recópolis, the city of Leovigildo
Historical milestone
Leovigildo had a new city built above the Tajo in the year 578, Recópolis, in honor of his son Recaredo. It preserves the palace complex, the church, the monumental gate, the aqueduct and the main street, and is the only urban foundation of state initiative in early medieval Europe.