Museum · Cubillejo de la Sierra
Ponce de León Tower (Cubillejo de la Sierra) and its Museum
The Ponce de León tower in Cubillejo de la Sierra is a defensive tower of reddish stone on a small rocky hill, built to watch over the family’s lands. Its façade bears a coat of arms and a 1517 inscription about the relationship between the Ponce de León family and Charles I. Today it houses the village museum.
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- Municipality
- Cubillejo de la Sierra
- Province
- Guadalajara
- Altitude
- 1,154 m
- Ponce de León
- 1517 inscription
- Reddish stone
- Museum
A family tower
In Cubillejo de la Sierra, a hamlet of Molina de Aragón, the torreón de los Ponce de León rises on a small rocky hill. It is a defensive construction of local reddish stone, built to watch over and protect the lands of the family. Sources ascribe it a medieval origin.
The coat of arms and the inscription
The main façade bears a coat of arms and an inscription from 1517 boasting of the kinship of this noble family with Emperor Charles I, newly arrived at the throne at the time.
A museum
Today the tower houses the Cubillejo museum, which explains the village’s history. It is the best introduction before walking up to the castro de Los Rodiles on the outskirts.
Location
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Reference villages: Cubillejo del Sitio · Cubillejo de la Sierra · Rueda de la Sierra · Castellar de la Muela.
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