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Castle of the Calatravos

The Castle of the Calatravos is a castle in Alcañiz (Teruel), Spain, that belonged to the Order of Calatrava. This military order played an important role in the reconquest of the town in 1157; the oldest rooms in the building date back to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, elements of Mudéjar ornamentation were added both to the castle itself and to the walls that surrounded it. The late-Renaissance main façade was added in the eighteenth century. Since 1968 it houses a Parador hotel designed by the Spanish architect José Luis Picardo.

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File:Parador alcañiz.jpg|Palacio de los Comendadores façade. file:Alcanyís, claustre del castell.jpg|Cloister. file:Alcañiz Castillo-Convento Portal 620.jpg|Romanesque entrance. file:Alcañiz Castillo-Convento Sepulcro 584.jpg|Juan de Lanuza tomb. File:Alcañiz, Castillo de los Calatravos PM 06508.jpg|Palacio de los Comendadores entrance. file:Alcañiz, Castillo de los Calatravos PM 52198.jpg|Interior. ==References==
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