Uclés

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Uclés is a historic town in central Spain best known for its imposing monastery-fortress that served as a major stronghold of the medieval military orders.

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Uclés canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
fortress
monastery
municipality
architecturalStyle Baroque architecture
linked to: Baroque

Herrerian architecture
Renaissance architecture
autonomousCommunity Castile-La Mancha
coordinateLatitude approximately 39.979° N
coordinateLongitude approximately 2.862° W
country Spain
Spain
distanceFromMadrid about 100 km east
economy agriculture
rural tourism
elevation around 780 metres
hasHeritageSite Monastery of Uclés
hasHistoricalEvent Battle of Uclés (1108)
hasLandmark Monastery of Uclés
hasReligiousBuilding Parish church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
heritageDesignation Bien de Interés Cultural
Monument
historicalRole headquarters of the Order of Santiago in Castile
stronghold of the Order of Santiago
locatedIn Castile-La Mancha
Province of Cuenca
Uclés
central Spain
location near Uclés
notableFor monastery-fortress of Uclés
linked to: Monastery of Uclés

role in medieval military orders
officialLanguage Spanish
ownedBy Order of Santiago
participant Almoravid dynasty
Kingdom of Castile
partOf comarca of Mancha Alta
population around 200 inhabitants
postalCode 16452
province Cuenca
region La Mancha
timeZone CEST
CET
use fortified complex
religious complex

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Chelato Uclés familyName Uclés
Monastery of Uclés locatedIn Uclés
subject linked to: Uclés