Monasterio de Uclés
Key facts
- Type
- Monastery
- Religious order
- Order of Santiago
- Era
- 16th Century
- Architectural style
- Renaissance-Baroque
- Founded
- 1174
- Current status
- Museum
- Location
- Uclés, Cuenca
- Province
- Cuenca
- Region
- Castilla-La Mancha
Known as 'El Escorial de La Mancha', this was the mother house of the Order of Santiago. The massive Renaissance-Baroque complex crowns a hilltop overlooking the Cuenca countryside.
Highlights
- Mother house of Order of Santiago
- 'El Escorial de La Mancha'
- Massive hilltop complex
- Renaissance double cloister
Related Military Orders
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- Monasterio de Monsalud — Cistercian, 12th Century. The atmospheric ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian monastery in the Alcarria region. Its Gothic cloister and chapter house remain remarkably intact despite centuries of abandonment.
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