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the monastery

            From my album. Mi cámara en la mochila. In the album. My camera in the backpack.

Monastery of ucles
The monastery is located on the top of a hill, at the foot of which is the town of Uclés. The monastery is part of a large set of buildings built during different historical periods, beginning during the Muslim domination, reaching its fullness as a fortress during his possession by the Order of Santiago. Its present aspect acquired it once finished the Reconquista.
The hill on which the monastery sits, has already housed a Celtiberian castro in antiquity. It was nonetheless the Muslims who built a fortification with towering defensive parapets, some of which can still be seen today. After being definitively conquered by the Christians, king Alfonso VIII ceded in 1174 the castle to the Order of Santiago.
Monasterio de Úclés
El monasterio se halla en la cúspide de un cerro, a cuyos pies, se despliega la localidad de Uclés. El monasterio forma parte de un gran conjunto de edificaciones construidas durante diferentes periodos históricos, iniciándose durante la dominación musulmana, alcanzando su plenitud como fortaleza durante su posesión por parte de la Orden de Santiago. Su aspecto actual lo adquirio una vez terminada la Reconquista.
El cerro sobre el que se asienta el monasterio, acogió ya en la antigüedad un castro celtíbero. Fueron sin embargo los musulmanes quienes construyeron una fortificación con imponentes parapetos defensivos, algunos de los cuales se pueden observar aún hoy en día. Tras ser definitivamente conquistado por los cristianos, el rey Alfonso VIII cedió en 1174 el castillo a la Orden de Santiago
   

Taken on: December 18, 2016

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