![Church of Santa María in Illescas (Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha) Church of Santa María in Illescas (Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha)](/export/sites/segtur/.content/imagenes/cabeceras-grandes/castilla-mancha/illescas-toledo-iglesia-santa-maria-s1165732720.jpg_604889389.jpg)
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Illescas is the capital of the region of La Sagra. It is currently a very industrial town which has an interesting past.
Outstanding among its architectural heritage is the parish church of La Asunción, thanks to the conjunction of styles and periods it features; the hospital-sanctuary of La Caridad, from the 16th and 17th centuries, which has a church with a single nave housing five beautiful paintings by El Greco; and the Ugena gate, a Mudejar structure in masonry and brick. Also worth a visit are the small palace in Calle Real, from the 18th century; the baroque convent of the Franciscan Recepcionistas, from the 16th and 18th centuries, and several examples of historicist and modernist architecture.