A WALK THROUGH THE HISTORY OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN SPAIN
A perfect setting for a review of our history
Uclés is a true gateway to the Region. Its strategic importance, is maintained throughout the centuries, from the civilizations, roman, visigothic, Arabic and almoravid and is especially key during the reconquista. As the headquarters of the Order of Santiago, its relations of power are increased, and though it decays with the time its military power, Uclés will continue to be based battles as the war Napoleonic. Architecturally, the years-long construction of the Monastery left in their facades, a rich variety of styles, plateresque, smitty, churrigueresque, and scenic values looks at the vast sea of the stain, but from a hill of alcarria.
GREAT PLACES
What to visit in the region today?
Get ready to discover one of the regions least known of our country and is home to authentic jewelry, as the roman city of Segóbriga (with an Amphitheatre, a Theatre, Thermae and a Forum); mines of the roman Lapis Specularis in Saceda of the River, in the Cave of the Sanabrio, in Torrejoncillo, and in Huete; or one of the best mosaics preserved of the roman empire in Noheda. It is also a landmark of our past visigoth, in which the city is located visigoth of Recópolis, ordered by Leovigildo in honor of his son of the same name.