CIUDAD REAL

TOWN HALL

A unique of Neogothic inspiration, built in 1976 by Fernando Higueras.  The architect tried to emulate the decoration of Central European civilan buildings in concrete.  It is situated on the site of the old Town Hall on one side of the main square.

CARILLON CLOCK

Set above the Casa del Arco, the old Town Hall, in the main square in Ciudad Real. At certain times, on the hours, the figures of Don Quixote, Sancho and Cervantes emerge onto the balcony to the sound of the chimes.

TOLEDO GATE

The Puerta de Toledo is one of the few remains of the mediaeval wall that encircled the city and which coincides with the modern-day layout of the ring road, some 4,5 km in length. The fortification of the city had begun in 1297 and, according to chronicles of the era, there were as many as 130 towers along the extensive perimeter. The gate, which was one of the city's most important, ii a robust construction in the Gothic Mudejar style, built using ashlars and rough-hewn locally-sourced limestone blocks. The structure comprises six arches, harmoniously combining pointed and horseshoe arch types. The two exterior arches are pointed, heavily cambered, resting on columns backing on to the wall, another two, of the horseshoe type, one of them pointed and without on alfiz, and two more interior pointed arches, between which the portcullis was lowered.

DON QUIXOTE MUSEUM AND CERVANTES LIBRARY

An exhibition of reproductions of Don Quixote characters, audiovisual display and a magnificent librarydevoted to the theme of Cervantes, available to researchers and students.

GRAN CASINO

This building in the classic style was inaugurated in 1887,and was the work of Sebastian Rebollar. It is well known for its mouldings, for its radiators whose ornamentation is of clearly vegetable inspiration, its beautiful chandeliers or its Literary Meeting Room decorated with mythological motifs. It is used nowadays as a multifunctional cultural space.

CHURCH OF SANTIAGO

This is the city's oldest building, built towards the end of the 13th century and its exterior display great simplicity, with is square, two section tower.  The interior structure is of three naves with a beautifully crafted polychrome celling inspired by the Mudejar style. A striking, polychrome, seven-headed dragon is to be seen on the apse ceiling.