Parador de Cuenca converts the San Pablo Convent—a Dominican monastery founded in 1523—into a territorial command post suspended 100 meters above the Huécar Gorge. This isn’t adaptive reuse; it’s the continuation of a site selected for visual dominance over Cuenca’s canyon network and the fortified medieval city across the gorge. The original cloisters, vaulted refectory, … Continue reading Parador de Cuenca: Cliffside Dominican Command Above Castilla’s River Canyons