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Cuenca was given a set of laws, the Fuero, written in Latin, that ruled Cuenca's citizens, and it was considered one of the most perfectly written at that time. The Diocese of Cuenca was established in 1183; its second bishop was St. Julian of Cuenca, who became patron saint of the city. Alfonso X granted Cuenca the title of 'city' (ciudad) in ...
This is a list of Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Cuenca (Spain), Spain. [1] [2] [3] Façade of the Cathedral of Saint Mary and Saint Julian (Cuenca Cathedral). View of the Moya castle The Iglesia de Santiago Apóstol and La Casa Consistorial. La Casa Consistorial [4] Castillo de Moya; Castle of Alarcón; Cuenca Cathedral
As of 2024, Spain has 50 total sites inscribed on the list, which is the fifth largest number of sites per country, only behind Italy (60), China (59), Germany (54), and France (53). [5] Of these 50 sites, 44 are cultural, 4 are natural, and 2 are mixed (meeting both cultural and natural criteria), as determined by the organization's selection ...
Cuenca (Spanish: ⓘ) is one of the five provinces of the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. It is located in the eastern part of this autonomous community and covers 17,141 square km. It has a population of 203,841 inhabitants – the least populated of the five provinces. Its capital city is also called Cuenca.
A province in Spain [note 1] is a territorial division defined as a collection of municipalities. [1] [2] [3] The current provinces of Spain correspond by and large to the provinces created under the purview of the 1833 territorial re-organization of Spain, with a similar predecessor from 1822 (during the Trienio Liberal) and an earlier precedent in the 1810 Napoleonic division of Spain into ...
The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 175 World Heritage Sites in all of the 15 sovereign countries (also called "state parties") of Southern Europe: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, and Vatican City as well as one site in ...
A mushroom rock, Ciudad Encantada. The Ciudad Encantada (English: Enchanted City) is a geological site near the city of Cuenca, in the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, Spain, in which the erosive forces of weather and the waters of the nearby Júcar river have formed rocks into distinctive and memorable shapes.
Cuenca is a province in the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, Spain, that is divided into 238 municipalities. As of the 2023 [update] Spanish census, the province is the 44th largest by population , with 198,436 inhabitants, [ 1 ] and the 5th largest by land area, spanning 17,138.65 km 2 (6,617.27 sq mi). [ 2 ]