by Karsten Becker | Jan 24, 2020
The Castle of Manzanares el Real Guadarrama, Madrid, Spain The New Castle of Manzanares el Real, also known as Castle of los Mendoza, is a palace-fortress erected in the 15th century in the town of Manzanares el Real (Community of Madrid, Spain), next to the...
by Karsten Becker | Jan 24, 2020
The original money press found inside the Casa de la Moneda Museum. This wooden coin press is a hydraulic mill that was used to mint coins in Spain during the 17th century. It is on permanent display at the Real Casa de Moneda in Segovia, Spain in the Sala de...
by Karsten Becker | Jan 24, 2020
Barcience Castle, locally known as Castillo de Barcience, lies next to the village by the same name in the province of Toledo in Spain. From the 11th/12th century there has been a castle at this site. It belonged to the Order of Santiago in the 13th century. The Order...