Guadalajara City
Major attractions are the
Mudejar style church Santa Maria la Mayor, the 15th century palace
Duque del Infantado, the Moorish town-walls and bridge over Henares
river, from 10th century. In the province of Guadalajara the medieval
town Siguenza, with its great fortress and cathedral, is worth
a visit.
Guadalajara is an arab name which means “river of stones”.
Fernando I won the city to the arabs in 1050, still the definitive
reconquest of Guadalajara took place during the mandate of Alfonso
VI, who entered the city through the door “Puerta de la
Feria”. Just a few small parts of its city-wall still remain:
none of its entrance doors, and just one defensive tower, that
of the door “Puerta del Cristo de la Feria”.
Guadalajara was, for a long time, the place where the Mendoza
family lived. The palace is dated from this period. During the
18th century a Royal Cloth Factory was created, but later it was
occupied by a Military Engineering Academy and, nearby a College
of War Orphans, still, none of these still remain. During the
modern age, Guadalajara was enriched with many foundations and
monuments
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