Habsburg and Bourbon Spain
Cuenca
Today: Spain
- Years
- 1492–1833
- Role
- Capital of the province of 1833, a cloth town
A city of cloth and livestock, which in the 16th century is reckoned to have reached 15,000 inhabitants and became the head of the judicial system, with a vote in the Cortes. The plague of 1588 began a decline that lasted the whole 17th century, and in the War of the Spanish Succession it sided with Felipe V, who added the titles «Fidelísima y Heroica». In 1833 it became the capital of the new province of Cuenca.
What to see today
- Catedral de Santa María y San Julián: Cathedral, c. 1575 to 1766
- Monasterio de la Concepción Franciscana: Church, 16th to 18th century
- Ayuntamiento de Cuenca (Casa consistorial): Public building, 1760 to 1762
- Convento de la Merced (de las Esclavas) (Convento de la Merced): Church, c. 1648 to 1800
- Archivo Histórico Provincial de Cuenca (Cárcel y tribunal de la Inquisición): Public building, 1574 to 1583