Historic Walled Town of Cuenca
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criterion (ii).
Region
Europe and North America
Spain
Inscribed
1996
List reference
781
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Historic Walled Town of Cuenca is about 110 km south-east of Guadalajara. The nearest other World Heritage site is Mudejar Architecture of Aragon, about 90 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Guadalajara · about 73,000 peopleabout 110 km north-west
- Albacete · about 158,000 peopleabout 120 km south
- Madrid · about 5,567,000 peopleabout 140 km west
- Valencia · about 808,000 peopleabout 160 km south-east
- Toledo · about 75,000 peopleabout 160 km west
- Castello · about 181,000 peopleabout 180 km east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
SpainCultural92 km away
SpainCultural99 km away
SpainCultural114 km away
SpainCultural126 km away
SpainCultural137 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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