Alcázar de San Juan

San Juan, often called Alcázar de Alcázar only briefly, is a town of 31 973 inhabitants located south of Madrid. It belongs to the Spanish province of Ciudad Real in the autonomous community of Castile -La Mancha.

To the east are three lakes: " La Veguilla ", " Laguna del Camino de Villafranca " and " Laguna de Las Yeguas ".

Alcázar de San Juan was long as a railway intersection of function between central Madrid, Albacete ( in the direction of Murcia). Val de Penas and and in the Southwest The train station is worth seeing and is a stopping point high-speed railway line.

Attractions

• Windmills in the region
• Torreón del Gran Prior ( 14th century)
• Parish Church of Santa Maria ( 13th to 15th centuries )
• Church of San Francisco ( 14th-15th century )
• Santa Clara Monastery (16th century)

Literary significance

The book Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes plays predominantly in Alcázar de San Juan.

Pictures

Statue of Cervantes

Church of St. Francis (San Francisco)

Church of Santa Quiteria

Church of Santa María

Tower of the Grand Prior