Casa de las Cadenas

Casa de las Cadenas, a 16th-century manor in Miranda de Ebro, Spain, was maintained for the wealthy Gil Delgado family, who later became the Counts of Berberana. History's biggest names have stayed at its doors, but it's the lesser-known tales that make this manor worth stepping foot into. Napoleon Bonaparte and King Fernando VII of Spain stayed at Casa de las Cadenas. But Casa de las Cadenas is more than a building with a prestigious past. It is a storybook filled with legends that echo the significant events of the time.

The most intriguing story is the peculiar souvenir left by Fernando VII himself, who stayed here in 1828. He hung chains as a remembrance, and they still hang today. A more gruesome story unfolded in 1837, when General in Chief Rafael de Ceballos-Escalera was assassinated inside Casa de las Cadenas during the War of the Magdalena. The manor played a grim role in the unfinished conflicts of the time. Plans to open a four-star hotel in the manor in 2010 would see the revival of this grand structure.

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons