Alcala de Henares, Community of Madrid, Spain

Alcala de Henares, Community of Madrid, Spain. Archbishop's Palace. World Heritage by UNESCO. It was an old Mudejar fortress commissioned in 1209 by Archbishop Rodrigo Ximenez de Rada, as a temporary residence of the archbishops of Toledo. In 1524 Archbishop Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa commissioned to the architect Alonso de Covarrubias (1488-1570) the construction of the west wing, Plateresque style. Detail of the facade, the only part that remains from the original building, destroyed during the Civil War (1936-1939).4. (Photo by: PHAS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)