What Cuenca, Spain looked like in the 1960s Through These Stunning Vintage Photos

Cuenca is the Capital city of Cuenca province in the autonomous community of Spain. The city was a cultural and textile center in the Middle Ages. Over the course of the 19th century, the city grew into two cities: the upper, old city, and the lower, modern one near the railway from Madrid.

The 20th century began with the collapse of the Giraldo cathedral’s tower in 1902, which also affected the façade. Spanish architect Vicente Lámperez rebuilt it with two new twin towers at each end, unfinished without the upper parts. Cuenca has focused so much on the culture that it was recognized as a World Heritage Site in 1996. The city’s population and economy have grown in recent decades, the latter largely due to a growing tourism industry, and both of these growth factors have been fueled by improved road and train communications.

#1 Famous Bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguin Practicing with a bull, Cuenca, 1964

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#2 Actress Geraldine Chaplin during the filming of the television program “Doble Imagen”, 1968,

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#3 Spanish bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguin and his wife the Italian actress Lucia Bose play with a monkey together with their children Miguel, Lucia a Paola at their Villa Paz farm, Saelices, Cuenca, 1967.

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#4 Luis Miguel Dominguin and family in Cuenca, 1967

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#5 Italian actress Lucia Bose during a family dinner at the farm “Villa Paz”, Saelices, Cuenca, Spain, 1967.

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#6 Italian actress Lucia Bose Lucia Bose during a horse ride on her farm of Villa Paz with her children Miguel and Paola, Saelices, Cuenca, Spain, 1967.

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#7 Italian actress Lucia Bose with her son Miguel on her estate “Villa Paz, Saelices, Cuenca, Spain, 1967.

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#8 Lucia Bose practices skeet shooting at her farm in Villa Paz, Saelices, Cuenca, Spain, 1967.

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#9 American actors Robert Mitchum with Yul Brynner and his wife Doris Kleiner at the “Villa Paz” farm of the bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguin Saelices, Cuenca, Spain, 1967.

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#10 Italian actress Lucia Bose with her horse on her farm of Villa Paz, Saelices, Cuenca, Spain, 1967.

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#11 Mill in Mota del Cuervo, Cuenca, Castilla la Mancha, Spain, 1966.

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#12 View of Cuenca, Spain, 1965.

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#13 Monastery of Uclés, Cuenca, Spain, 1965.

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#14 Monastery of Uclés, Cuenca, Spain, 1965.

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#15 Monastery of Uclés, Cuenca, Spain, 1965.

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#16 Plaza Mayor and Town Hall, Cuenca, Spain, 1965.

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#17 Monument to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Cuenca, Spain, 1965.

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#18 View of Cuenca, Spain, 1965.

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#19 Monastery of Uclés, Cuenca, Spain, 1965.

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#20 Seminarians playing soccer at the Monastery of Uclés, Cuenca, 1965.

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#21 Seminarians playing soccer at the Monastery of Uclés, Cuenca, 1965.

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#22 Laundresses in the Jucar river, Cuenca, 1965, Spain.

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#23 Seminarians playing soccer at the Monastery of Uclés, Cuenca, 1965.

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#24 Bridge over the Jucar river and hanging houses of Cuenca, Spain, 1965.

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#25 Seminarians playing soccer at the Monastery of Uclés, Cuenca, 1965.

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#26 Elderly resting, Cuenca, 1965, Spain.

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#27 The hanging houses of Cuenca, Spain, 1965.

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#28 View of Cuenca, Spain, 1965.

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#29 Castle of Belmonte, 1965, Cuenca, Castilla La Mancha, Spain.

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#30 Bullring of Cuenca, Spain, 1965.

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#31 Spanish bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguin with his son Miguel in his farm of La Paz, Saelices, Cuenca, Spain, 1965.

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#32 Castle of Belmonte, 1965, Cuenca, Castilla La Mancha, Spain.

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#33 Ucles Seminar, 1965, Cuenca, Castilla La Mancha, Spain.

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#34 Ucles Seminar, 1965, Cuenca.

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#35 Ucles Seminar, 1965, Cuenca, Castilla La Mancha, Spain.

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#36 The ‘hanging houses’ of Cuenca, 1965.

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#37 The ‘hanging houses’ of Cuenca, 1965

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#38 The ‘hanging houses’ of Cuenca, 1965

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#39 The Spanish bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguin during a hunt on his farm of Villa Paz, 1963, Saelices, Cuenca, Spain.

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#40 The bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguin playing soccer on his farm in Villa Paz, Cuenca, Spain, 1963.

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#41 Miguel Bose with a “bull” in Cuenca, 1965

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