Ciudad Real
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Ciudad Real is a municipality of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha, capital of the province of Ciudad Real. It is the 5th most populated municipality in the region.
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Ciudad Real 2022 west façade
Kids playing pick-up handball in Ciudad Real
Order of Calatrava
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The Order of Calatrava is one of the four Spanish military orders and the first military order founded in Castile, but the second to receive papal approval. The papal bull confirming the Order of Cala
Ciudad Real
…municipality in the region. It was founded as Villa Real in 1255 as a royal demesne town and enclave long surrounded by territory belonging to the military order of Calatrava. Its history in the late middle ages was influenced by friction with the latter. It was founded in 1255 with the name Villa Real ('Royal Town') under…
Castle of Calatrava la Nueva, former parent headquarters of the order
A Calatrava castle in Alcañiz
The Italian castrato singer Carlo Broschi in robes of the order. Behind, Ferdinand VI and his wife Barbara of Portugal, c. 1753.
A knight portrayed in the monastic cowl (1731)