| Parador de Almagro | |
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| Alternative names | Convento de Santa Catalina de Siena |
| Hotel chain | Paradores |
| General information | |
| Type | Convent converted to hotel |
| Architectural style | Renaissance (School of Toledo), Baroque |
| Address | Ronda San Francisco, 31 |
| Town or city | Almagro (Ciudad Real) |
| Country | Spain |
| Year(s) built | 1603–1979 |
| Inaugurated | 26 September 1979 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Nicolás Vergara el Mozo |
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| Parador de Almagro | |
The Parador de Almagro, also known as the Convento de Santa Catalina de Siena, is a four-star Parador hotel located in the town of Almagro, in the province of Ciudad Real, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It was converted from the ruins of the seventeenth century Franciscan Convent of Santa Catalina.[1] It was irretrievably damaged during the Spanish Civil War. In 1969 it was ceded to the Spanish government for conversion into a Parador.[2] Work on the rebuilding and conversion began in 1972. The architects copied the architectural style of the original building, using materials sourced locally. For hotel use the historical layout of the convent was extended into the surrounding grounds with the construction of fifty-five guest rooms, numerous hospitality areas and fourteen patios.[3]
The Parador was inaugurated by Queen Sofía of Spain in 1979.[1] It is one of the most popular Paradores in Castile-La Mancha, with a capacity for 106 guests.[4] Forty years after the opening of the Parador, portraits seized by the forces of Francisco Franco during the Civil War were found to be displayed on the walls and were subsequently returned to their rightful owners.[5]
- ^ a b ""Información"". Ayuntamiento de Almagro.
- ^ "Almagro y su Parador Nacional", Noticiario Turismo, Ministerio de Transportes, Turismo y Comunicaciones, Secretaria de Estado de Turismo, Madrid, Suplemento, No 364, October 1981.
- ^ Juan Palazuelo de la Peña (translated by Sue Heringman), "The National Parador of Almagro, Ciudad Real", The Recovery of Historic Buildings for Tourism: The Spanish Experience, Tecniberia, Madrid, 1986, ISBN 84-87092-01-2
- ^ A.Criado, "Sube la ocupación en los paradores de Almagro y Manzanares", La Tribune de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, 11 February 2020.
- ^ ""Nicholás Sánchez-Albornoz reclama dos cuadros robados por el franquismo colgados en el Parador de Almagro"". elDiario.es.