A chain-link fence in the foreground blocks a clear view of the Castillo de los Mendoza's round towers, with the granite peaks of La Pedriza rising behind it.

A Day Trip to Manzanares el Real: What Outlasts a Locked Door

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We already knew it would be closed. Research done well before the trip had made that much clear. And yet some irrational part of me had still hoped we’d get there and find it open anyway, the way you keep refreshing a canceled flight’s status hoping the app got it wrong. Knowing didn’t make standing […]

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