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700 years at the service of a history characterized by Renaissance art and a strong religious component that have made it one of the architectural and tourist emblems of the Castilian-Leonese city. After a total renovation, partially carried out by FCC Construcción, life has given it a second chance as part of the network of Paradores de Turismo de España. FCC Construcción has participated in the first comprehensive refurbi - shment of the Parador Nacional de León, better known as Hostal de San Marcos, since it opened in 1965. This is the most important hotel pro - ject undertaken by Paradores de Turismo de España since 2010, the work on which has been spread over the last three years, until the end of December 2020, when it reopened its doors to the general public. At the beginning of 2018, and fo - llowing Paradores’ desire to com - pletely renovate its interior, the com - pany was awarded a large part of the major transformation of this five-star property, which could currently be catalogued as one of the most re - markable historical architectural constructions, not only in the city of León, but also in the whole of the autonomous community in which it stands, along with the Cathedral of Santa María de Regla, the Basilica of San Isidoro and Casa Botines. Among the modifications made by the company over 13 months, in this new chapter of its more than seven centuries of history, as many as li - ves, is the demolition of the last buil - ding constructed and the creation of a new and unique space, with 180 rooms and 12 convention rooms, as well as the construction of a new res - taurant, a spa and a swimming pool. In addition, 40 unique rooms located in the noble area of the Parador and T H E P L A C E 51 T H E P L A C E