Hanging Houses of Cuenca

The Hanging Houses is a complex of houses located in . In the past, houses of this kind were frequent along the eastern border of the ancient city, located near the ravine of the river Huécar.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: building of Cuenca
  • Also known as: “Casas Colgadas” and “Hanging Houses”
  • Wheelchair access: yes
Photo: Tomás Fano, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museo de Arte Abstracto Español and Cuenca Cathedral.

Museum
Photo: Turol Jones, un artista de cojones, CC BY 2.0.
The is a museum in established in 1966. It has a collection of some 129 paintings, mainly by 1950s and 1960s Spanish artists.

Church
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The Cathedral of Saint Mary and Saint Julian is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of , Spain. The building is one of the earliest Spanish examples of Gothic architecture, built at a time when the Romanesque style still predominated in the .

Museum
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is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barrio de Tiradores and Barrio del Castillo.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Hanging Houses of Cuenca

Latitude
40.07784° or 40° 4′ 40″ north
Longitude
-2.12834° or 2° 7′ 42″ west
Open location code
8CGV3VHC+4M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3035414621
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q2496001
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Hanging Houses of Cuenca” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Cuencako etxe esekiak”
  • Belarusian: “Вісячыя дамы”
  • Catalan: “Cases penjades (Cuenca)”
  • Catalan: “Cases penjades de Cuenca”
  • Catalan: “Cases penjades”
  • Chinese: “懸空之屋”
  • Chinese: “昆卡 懸空之屋 抽象美術館”
  • Esperanto: “Pendodomoj”
  • French: “Casas Colgadas”
  • Galician: “Casas Colgadas”
  • Hungarian: “cuencai függőházak”
  • Hungarian: “Cuencai függőházak”
  • Russian: “Висячие дома”
  • Spanish: “Casa colgante”
  • Spanish: “Casas Colgadas de Cuenca”
  • Spanish: “Casas Colgadas”
  • Spanish: “Casas colgantes”
  • Turkish: “Asma Evler”
  • Turkish: “Cuenca’nın Asma Evleri”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Plaza de Ronda and Museo Tesoro Catedral Cuenca.

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