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The Gregorio Prieto mill is the largest windmill in the world. Located opposite the Museum of the Gregorio Prieto Mills, the Gregorio Prieto mill was the first museum in Valdepeñas, after a large number of mill builders and millwrights gifted it to the immortal draughtsman and painter from Valdepeñas, Gregorio Prieto.

The Arroyo del Peral is a stream that runs through the district of El Peral, belonging to Valdepeñas, in the province of Ciudad Real. This stream is known for its springs and for having given rise to the historic “baths” of ferruginous water. The area around the stream is very fertile, with orchard lands and dry crops. In addition, it is a popular area for second homes and recreational activities. There are hiking trails that run through this area, allowing you to enjoy nature and the landscapes it offers.

The church was built on an old sanctuary-hermitage between the 12th and 13th centuries. Its style is late baroque, with some neoclassical elements. It has a Greek cross plan inscribed in a square. Inside, there is the image of the miraculous Christ. The exterior façade is built of brick, with noble parts in stone. Four corner towers and a huge dome emerge above the building. The rough and grotesque human figures in the corners represent the masses who sang and danced during the town festivals. The main doorway, conceived as a gigantic altarpiece, faces the square. The enclosure is covered by a large cased dome composed of a drum, half orange and lantern on a molded ring.

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The church of Santísimo Cristo del Valle was built on the previous hermitage sanctuary of Santa Elena, where according to tradition, a miraculous Christ appeared left in a haystack by a strange walker. It was built between 1723 and 1739, and was restored on several occasions. It has a Greek cross plan inscribed in a square, the arms are covered by half-barrel vaults supported by Tuscan pilasters with a festoon decorated with corbels, at whose intersection stands a large octagonal drum and four turrets at the corners, with iron railings. , which supports a half-orange dome decorated with pomegranates.

The beautiful main square was built by the same architect with the intention of being like an atrium to frame it and showcase it within the complex. The square is an enormous rectangle that measures almost 53 m long by 21 m wide: on one side, the City Hall with a cantilevered balcony on wooden corbels; to the other, the Casa Grande de la Hospedería. It has a carriage yard to which wooden galleries open. From its flanks emerge the brick arches that give way to the radial, wide and straight streets of this town.

San Carlos del Valle opens from its splendid Plaza Mayor with an orthogonal projection and an almost round perimeter. Everything extends around an origin of spokes, the center of that circumference, the church of Santísimo Cristo del Valle, where the peak of the compass overwhelms us. It is a late baroque church, with certain influences of the neoclassical style. It is an immense cube with four towers superimposed on its corners and an enormous dome that emerges above the building. The temple has four facades, two of which have in their center a main door of extraordinary beauty and well-deserved study.

In the past, around the 17th and 19th centuries, there were thermal baths in this place that can now be visited and you can still see the whole of their architectural structure.