Manzanares el Real

Manzanares el Real is a 7,250 inhabitant toun in the northren aurie o the autonomous Commonty o Madrid. It is locatit at the fuit o The Pedriza, a pairt o the Sierra de Guadarrama, an next tae the embalse de Santillana (the Santillana reservoir). Main sichts the New Castle o Manzanares el Real, the best conservit castle in the Commonty o Madrid. Construction commencin in 1475, it haes been uised in several motion picturs, maist notably El Cid the Auld Castle o Manzanares el Real is the ruin o a umwhile fortress, kent as Plaza de Armas an aw. Anerly twa waws remain staundin, now integratit intae a garden complex. It wis biggit in Mudejar style o granite wi brick curbin. Kirk o Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, foondit in the early 14t century. It haes a nave an twa aisles, separatit bi arcades on stane columns. The nave, in Romanesque styles, ends intae a pentagonal presbytery. The kirk haes a 16t-century Renaissance portico an aw. Hermitage o Nuestra Señora de la Peña Sacra Freemit airtins Offeecial wabsteid Archived 2017-05-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Spaingie) The Castle o Manzanares el Real - History an photos