The Inquisition
Where a building or location significant to the process remains within an inscribed area.
Connected Sites
Site | Rationale | Link |
Albi | To rid the area of Cathar belief | |
Avila | Monasterio de Santo Tomas. The Spanish Inquisition (Avila Branch) used to meet in this 15th century Gothic structure. | |
Cartagena | Palace of the Inquisition Plaza de Bolivar | |
Cordoba | The Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos was used as a forum and prison during the Inquisition. Part of it is called the Inquisition Tower | |
Cuenca | El Castillo served as the seat of the Holy Inquisition until 1583 | |
Ferrara | The Tribunal of the Inquisition was located in San Domenico and judicial procedures, sentences and often executions were held here. | |
Lima | The Inquisition operated from a1570-1820 in a building which later became the Senate and now houses the Museum of the Inquisition (Junin 548 -3 blocks from Cathedral). | |
Mexico City and Xochimilco | "the Holy Office had its own ?palace?, which is now the Museum of Medicine on Republica de Brasil street" |
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