Curiosities of Garcimuñoz !!!

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Again, found me a stray picture that should have a post of its own in my blog.I was driving in my road warrior mode in passing from the road saw a castle ! Well me headed for it and it has been a memorable family visit and find on the off the beaten paths of my dear Spain, This is Garcimuñoz in the Province of Cuenca, Autonomous Community of Castilla La Mancha of the Kingdom of Spain. And I going to tell you about the curiosities of Garcimuñoz !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The town of Garcimuñoz after in 1834 evicting the monks and in 1835 the sisters there was a hospital for the poor with land reaching to the castle of  Garcimuñoz (see post) as well as two convents.  The Hospital of Our Lady of the Conception or hospital de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción was founded by Alonso González de Villamayor who was a parish priest of this town around 1640.The Agustinas Monjas Convent,or convento de monjas agustinas aka Nuestra Señora de Gracia  founded it in the 15C by Doña Catalina López and was repaired by 1500 by Leonor González de Castillo. It is still in good condition inhabited by 8 families in the town.

The one we saw was the convent of monks of St Augustine or convento de frailes de San Agustín  founded by Don Juan Manuel in 1236 , and still preserve the abside of the Church in gothic style and the walls of the cloister.

Garcimunoz first order of frailes order of san agustin in 1326 aug17

A bit of history tell us that Don Juan Manuel was the most powerful lord of his time, and had chosen the castle as the capital of his lordships. Here his family would reside and make it “their home.” Before the 19C confiscations ,such as in 1834 the friars were expelled and in 1835 the nuns had a Hospital de Poor Mendiants, which possessed many spaces of land in the terms of the castle or Castillo de Garcimuñoz and the Almarcha and with two Convents,

The  Association Infante Don Juan Manuel to safekeep the castle :

https://www.castillogarcimunoz.es/visita-virtual/convento-de-san-agustin/

The Castilla La Mancha region on the Garcimuñoz castle: http://en.www.turismocastillalamancha.es/patrimonio/castillo-de-garcimunoz-20731/descripcion/

There you go folks,,a really nice castle very sober on the outside pretty much like a fortress it was intended in reconquest times, A nice town really a village to walk and rest on your road warrior trails of Castilla La Mancha ; indeed a very good detour , Again hope you enjoy the post on curiosities of Garcimuñoz as I,

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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