Cañete
Cuenca · Castilla-La Mancha
Cañete (Spanish: [kaˈɲete] ) is a municipality in the Cuenca Province, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It is home to a Moorish-origin castle, and of a line of walls with a gate from the same age. It is the birthplace of Álvaro de Luna and the origin of the Sephardic Jewish family Canetti (the most famous member of which is Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Elias Canetti); Canetti is a transformation of Cañete, from a time when the family lived in Italy. It is also the birthplace of Manuel Polo y Peyrolón, an ultraconservative philosopher and scholar of clear antisemitic penchant.
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Cañete (Spanish: [kaˈɲete] ) is a municipality in the Cuenca Province, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
It is home to a Moorish-origin castle, and of a line of walls with a gate from the same age.
It is the birthplace of Álvaro de Luna and the origin of the Sephardic Jewish family Canetti (the most famous member of which is Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Elias Canetti); Canetti is a transformation of Cañete, from a time when the family lived in Italy. It is also the birthplace of Manuel Polo y Peyrolón, an ultraconservative philosopher and scholar of clear antisemitic penchant.
Monuments
•Puerta de la Virgen
•Puerta de San Bartolomé
•Puerta del Rey
•Puerta de las Eras
•Estatua de Álvaro de Luna
•Castillo de Cañete
•tinada
•Rento
What to visit
•Mirador del agua
•Mirador de D. Alvaro de Luna
•Museo de La Cultura Popular de Cañete
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Festivals
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Gastronomy
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Famous people
•Álvaro de Luna, condestable de Castilla y valido de Juan II de Castilla
•Manuel Polo y Peyrolón, político y escritor español
•Juan de Cerezuela, arzobispo católico
•Juan de Castro y Malagaray, compositor español
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How to get there
- 🚗 52 km from Cuenca (about 37 min by car)
- 🚗 147 km from Albacete (about 104 min by car)
- 🚗 158 km from València (about 112 min by car)
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- ✈️ 147 km from Valencia airport (about 104 min by car)
- ✈️ 154 km from Albacete airport (about 109 min by car)
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Buses
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Pharmacy and health
•Farmacia
•Centro de Salud de Cañete
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