New Castle of Manzanares el Real

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New Castle of Manzanares el Real
Native name Castillo nuevo de Manzanares el Real (Spanish)
Location	Manzanares el Real, Spain
Spanish Cultural Heritage
Official name	Castillo nuevo de Manzanares el Real
Type	Non-movable
Criteria	Monument
Designated	1931
Reference no.	RI-51-0000720
Location of New Castle of Manzanares el Real in 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 Santillana reservoir at the foot of Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range.

Its construction began in 1475 on a Romanesque-Mudéjar hermitage. It was raised on the river Manzanares, as a residential palace of the House of Mendoza, in the vicinity of an ancient fortress that was abandoned once the new castle was built.

The castle now houses a museum of Spanish castles and hosts a collection of tapestries.