Cuenca

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Cuenca is a historic Spanish city renowned for its medieval architecture and dramatic “hanging houses” perched above deep river gorges.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cuenca canonical 7
City of Cuenca 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
areaCode +34 969
autonomousCommunityCapital no
capitalOf Province of Cuenca
climate Mediterranean climate with continental influences
conqueredBy Alfonso VIII of Castile
conquestYear 1177
country Spain
demonym conquense
distanceFromMadrid about 170 kilometres east of Madrid
elevation 946 metres
foundedBy Moors
linked to: Moor
foundedInCentury 8th century
governingBody Ayuntamiento de Cuenca
hasCityStatusSince 12th century
hasLandmark Casas Colgadas
Cuenca Cathedral
Plaza Mayor de Cuenca
linked to: Plaza Mayor

Puente de San Pablo
linked to: San Pablo Bridge

San Miguel Church
San Pedro Church
Torre de Mangana
hasMuseum Cuenca Provincial Museum
Diocesan Museum of Cuenca
Museum of Spanish Abstract Art
hasUniversityCampus University of Castilla-La Mancha
heritageDesignation Historic Walled Town of Cuenca
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
knownFor hanging houses
historic old town
medieval architecture
locatedIn Castilla-La Mancha
linked to: Castile-La Mancha

Province of Cuenca
locatedOnRiver Huécar River
Júcar River
officialLanguage Spanish
population approximately 55000 inhabitants
postalCodeRange 16001–16004
region central Spain
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST
tourismType cultural tourism
heritage tourism
UNESCOListingYear 1996
UNESCOSiteType cultural

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Province of Cuenca capital Cuenca
Province of Cuenca contains City of Cuenca
linked to: Cuenca
Historic Walled Town of Cuenca partOf City of Cuenca
linked to: Cuenca