Calle Mayor
Introduction
Calle Mayor and the surrounding streets are home to the greatest concentration of emblazoned houses in Huéscar.
Over the centuries, the most important noble families settled in these blocks. Strolling through the streets and admiring their façades and coats of arms, you can imagine the splendour of Huéscar thanks to the progress of the economy based on agriculture, but above all on the livestock farming of the Segura lamb.
Calle Mayor
Lordly houses
After the Christian conquest in 1488, the town and its population began to expand outside the walls, especially in the direction of Castril. It was then that the construction of large buildings such as the church of Santa María la Mayor began.
When the Catholic Monarchs granted the lordship of Huéscar to the Constable of Navarre, Don Luis de Beamount and his wife, Leonor de Aragón, a process of migration of people began in search of new opportunities in Huéscar, driven by the wealth of the forests and livestock. With this, large families also arrived and decided to establish their residence in the vicinity of the collegiate church of Santa María.
Calle Mayor
Lordly coats of arms
Over the centuries, noble families such as the Peralta and Walte families have settled in the Calle Mayor and the adjoining streets, with a large house overlooking three streets, renowned for having belonged to the family of Manuel Peralta, husband of Mariana Pineda.
The house of the Marquises of Corvera and of the administrator of the Duke of Alba are both located opposite the church of Santa María.
In Calle Comercio, the coat of arms of the Serrano family, who sponsored some of the works in Santa María, and in the current parish house in Calle Carril, the coat of arms of Don Luis de Borbón, who was appointed Archbishop of Toledo in 1735, are preserved.
Calle Mayor
Introduction
Calle Mayor and the surrounding streets are home to the greatest concentration of emblazoned houses in Huéscar.
Over the centuries, the most important noble families settled in these blocks. Strolling through the streets and admiring their façades and coats of arms, you can imagine the splendour of Huéscar thanks to the progress of the economy based on agriculture, but above all on the livestock farming of the Segura lamb.
Calle Mayor
Lordly houses
After the Christian conquest in 1488, the town and its population began to expand outside the walls, especially in the direction of Castril. It was then that the construction of large buildings such as the church of Santa María la Mayor began.
When the Catholic Monarchs granted the lordship of Huéscar to the Constable of Navarre, Don Luis de Beamount and his wife, Leonor de Aragón, a process of migration of people began in search of new opportunities in Huéscar, driven by the wealth of the forests and livestock. With this, large families also arrived and decided to establish their residence in the vicinity of the collegiate church of Santa María.
Calle Mayor
Lordly coats of arms
Over the centuries, noble families such as the Peralta and Walte families have settled in the Calle Mayor and the adjoining streets, with a large house overlooking three streets, renowned for having belonged to the family of Manuel Peralta, husband of Mariana Pineda.
The house of the Marquises of Corvera and of the administrator of the Duke of Alba are both located opposite the church of Santa María.
In Calle Comercio, the coat of arms of the Serrano family, who sponsored some of the works in Santa María, and in the current parish house in Calle Carril, the coat of arms of Don Luis de Borbón, who was appointed Archbishop of Toledo in 1735, are preserved.