Chinchón

Three storeys of wooden balconies frame the irregular Plaza Mayor of Chinchón, which over the centuries has staged bullfights, plays, proclamations and film shoots. Above it, the church of the Asunción keeps an Assumption painted by Goya. A 17th-century Countess of Chinchón gave her title to the cinchona tree, and the town's name lives on in a well-known anís.

Highlights

• Plaza Mayor, with 234 wooden balconies, still turned into a bullring (ES)
• Goya's Assumption above the high altar of the church of the Asunción
• Castle of the Counts, a low Renaissance fortress built against artillery
• The clock tower, all that remains of the church of Nuestra Señora de Gracia
• Anís de Chinchón, along with local garlic and wine

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.