Aldea del Rey is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

province of Ciudad Real The province of Ciudad Real () is a province in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It is bordered by the provinces of Cuenca, Albacete, Jaén, Province of Córdoba (Spain), Córdoba, Province of Bada ...

, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a (decreasing) population of 1.721 (1-1-20.16).

Main sights

*Castle of

Calatrava la Nueva Calatrava la Nueva () is a medieval castle and convent found on the peak of Alacranejo, within the municipality of Aldea del Rey, near Almagro, in the province of Ciudad Real, Spain. Its name is a reference to the Order of Calatrava, which was ...

*Renaissance ''Palacio de Clavería'' (15th century), founded by King Philip of Spain for the knights of the

Order of Calatrava The Order of Calatrava ( es, Orden de Calatrava, pt, Ordem de Calatrava) was one of the four Spanish military orders and the first military order founded in Castile, but the second to receive papal approval. The papal bull confirming the Orde ...

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Municipalities in the Province of Ciudad Real {{CastileLaMancha-geo-stub