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The time has come to present another treasure from an illustrious son of Belmonte:

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the Palace of the Infante Don Juan Manuel

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Don Juan Manuel is one of the great representatives of medieval prose,

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thanks above all to his work El Conde Lucanor (1335),

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a collection of moralising tales in the form of exempla.

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In 1305,

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Don Juan Manuel took possession of the district of Alarcón,

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to which Belmonte belonged.

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Almost two decades later, in 1323,

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work began on the first wall surrounding the town,

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and in 1324

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work began on the construction of the first fortress in Belmonte.