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The Jabalquinto Palace is one of the finest examples of the Isabelline Gothic style in the town and was built in the late 15th century for Juan Alfonso de Benavides, the second cousin of Ferdinand the Catholic.
It boasts a Renaissance courtyard from the late 16th century comprising a double gallery of semi-circular arches on marble columns, and a magnificent Baroque staircase with decorative elements such as tapered pilasters, balustrades and volutes.
Nowadays it houses the Antonio Machado International University.
References:The Château du Lude is one of the many great châteaux of the Loire Valley in France. Le Lude is the most northerly château of the Loire Valley and one of the last important historic castles in France, still inhabited by the same family for the last 260 years. The château is testimony to four centuries of French architecture, as a stronghold transformed into an elegant house during the Renaissance and the 18th century. The monument is located in the valley of Le Loir. Its gardens have evolved throughout the centuries.
