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Castle Belalcazar

The castle of the Sotomayor and Zuniga is a construction Madroniz Gothic-military, started in the second half of XV century, located in the town of Belalcazar in the province of Cordoba(Andalusia, Spain). Also known as Castle or Castle Gafiq Gahete.
The construction of this castle was begun in the second half of the fifteenth century in order to become the residence of the Earls of Belalcazar, feudal lords of the territory at that time. Its construction dates back to 1450 when John II granted this land to Gutierrez de Sotomayor, Master of the Order of Alcantara, letting you build a castle. Today the castle is owned by the Junta de Andalucia. This fortress is a faithful reflection of the great role that these men acted as patron of architecture and promoters of the late Gothic in the region. It seems that in the same place and there was a strong Roman, continued later in time Muslim, which still remains an important witness in the outer fence, which stood as the first line of walls with towers flanking the stream Cagancha.

Convento de San Francisco of the Martyrs

The convent of San Francisco of the Martyrs is a construction religiosoa, which persists only style church renaissance, built in the fifteenth century, situated in the town of Belalcazar in the province of Cordoba

The Castle of Madroniz

Madroníz castle perched on a hill next to the river that runs Zujar, near the town of El Viso, north of the province of Cordoba, between the towns of El Viso, Belalcazar and Santa Eufemia, and very near the provinces of Badajoz and Ciudad Real.
You can get it from Belalcazar, taking the road to the station. At mile 12 of this street, is a path leading to the castle, across the channel just above the river, and tortuously ascending to the fortress.

Convent of Santa Clara in Column

Founded in 1476 by Dona Elvira de Zuniga as a monastery of men, became, after his death in 1483, in female monastery.

Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation

The shrine of Consolation comes from the early days of the Reconquest, when Gahet, current Belalcazar, was conquered by the troops of Ferdinand III before September 9, 1236. His Christian repopulation was undertaken during the last third of the thirteenth century. We know nothing of those who were their builders or architects or the sponsors of its construction.

James the Great Parish Church

Established in 1272, it appears that a temple was initially quite small, which would require that we build a new church, whose work has been linked to Hernan Ruiz II, although its realization is long, of course, the involvement of other teachers and in fact gives the name of Juan de Ochoa for some late construction of the building.It began in 1559 and thirty years later he was under construction, which explains why no end to its construction until the seventeenth century, corresponding to the last phase of the feet: the facade, tower and cover.

Shrine of Our Lady of Grace Sewer

The Shrine of Our Lady of Grace Sewer in Belalcazar, belongs to the typology of rural mountain shrines are common in the region and with some typological kinship with those of Extremadura and Castile. His interest is growing to be a pilgrimage destination(home to the patron saint of the town) which is held every year in the last weekend of April, so the historical, the shrine brings together some undoubted ethnological values.

Hall

Located in the Plaza de la Constitution. Dating from the nineteenth century, and possibly by the architect Rafael Luque and Lubian Cordoba.

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