Velez Blanco
 
Velez Blanco has an outstanding rennaisance castle-an extension of the original Moorish alcazaba - built by the marquises of Velez Blanco in the early years of the sixteenth century. Unfortunately its just an empty shell behind the crenellated battlements: a gutting that took place as recently as 1904, after the castle was sold off to an American millionaire, George Blumenthal. The whole interior including the Patio de Honor - a fabulous courtyard carved in white marble currently resides in the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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