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House of the Towers

Tembleque, La Mancha de Toledo, Toledo

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House of the Towers

Monument · Tembleque, La Mancha de Toledo, Toledo

Palace-house also known as the palacio de los Fernández Alejo, built in the 18th century in Baroque style by Antonio Fernández Alejo and declared a Monumento Histórico Artístico (a former Spanish heritage designation, predecessor of today's Bien de Interés Cultural) in 1979; it is the most notable civil building in Tembleque (La Mancha de Toledo). It has a square floor plan with a central courtyard, Tuscan stone columns and a double gallery, a semi-basement, three storeys and two spired turrets at the corners of the main façade, which bears a coat of arms flanked by two caravels alluding to its indiano character. Owing to its state of decay it was included in the 2000s on the Lista Roja del Patrimonio en Peligro (Red List of Endangered Heritage), though in 2021 its restoration was announced as a guesthouse for visitors and pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago de Levante, which passes through Tembleque.

Photo: Paco Consuegra (CC BY-SA 3.0 es)

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