Spain · Restored
New Castle of Manzanares el Real
The New Castle of Manzanares el Real (Castle of los Mendoza) is a 15th-century palace-fortress in Manzanares el Real, Community of Madrid, built for the House of Mendoza beside the Santillana reservoir and the Sierra de Guadarrama. Constructed mainly of granite, it served as a ducal residence and today is a well-preserved historic monument housing a museum.
First raised
1475
Its prime
1500
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1500
The shape it held in its prime.
A quadrangular granite palace-fortress with four circular corner towers and a prominent hexagonal main tower, its stone corners capped by Isabelline Gothic decorative balls. The roofline is crenellated and finished with machicolations and small turrets; a surrounding barbican pierced by loopholes bears a low-relief cross of the Holy Sepulchre. The plan opens onto a rectangular courtyard with porticos and two arcaded galleries on octagonal columns, and a first-floor Gothic gallery; southern parapets show diamond-shaped decorations.
Step inside
9 places to explore in 1500.
The record describes 9 distinct spots at New Castle of Manzanares el Real — including 3 interiors: rectangular courtyard with porticos, first-floor gothic gallery, main-floor reception hall. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See New Castle of Manzanares el Real with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1500 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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