Tower of The Iglesuela of the Cid (Maestrazgo, Teruel, España)

This tower, built in the thirteenth century tower is a tribute by the former Templar castle. Its windows geminadas and its pointed arches, Gothic style

Castle of Tiedra, Valladolid (Castilla León). Castillo de Tiedra (Spain)

The Castle of Tiedra in Valladolid (Spain), appears by first in the embassy of the Cid before Doña Urraca in whom Sancho II of Castile along with offers other possessions in exchange for the city of Zamora.

Tiedra belonged to the kingdom of Leon and was border with the kingdom of Castilla in the XII.

The castle of Tiedra comprises of the historical line of defense of the Torozos mounts. Its construction dates between centuries XII and XIII, giving an idea us of the simple thing that they were these primitive defensive constructions, because as still we see there it dealed with one massive tower surrounded and encastillada within a defensive enclosure. This castle of Tiedra is formed by a square tower protected by close. The tower is of ashlar masonry, consists of several vaulted floors and has three ajimezados hollows of little width. They conserve matacanes on which the nonexistent battlements would go. As far as close it is necessary to say that it has little height, it forms exagonal and is constructed in sillarejo. This old castle was possession of the linajudas families terracampinas of the Meneses and the Girón.

Castle of Alburquerque (Badajoz, Extremadura), Castillo de Alburquerque.

The castle of Alburquerque is another imposing castle of Badajoz constructed in the altomedievales centuries although very modified by Don Alvaro of Moon, Master of the Order of Santiago and Condestable de Castilla, that undertakes between the 1445 and 1453 construction of several significant elements.Its imposing tower of the tribute is conserved and has several vaulted floors very well. To this tower it is acceded by a bridge of pointed arc. Another one of the particularitities of this castle is the presence in its interior of the church of Santa Maria the Greater one of the Castle, Romanesque temple of transition with three ships covered by tube vault and supports of pillars with columns.

Castle of Peñafiel, Valladolid (Spain). Castillo de Peñafiel.

The Castle of Peñafiel is one of the more beautiful castles of Spain. The castle is situated on a hill from where it is possible to see the Duratón and Botijas valleys. Its outward appearance is smooth and it has only one gateway. The plan of the keep is rectangular, it measures over 30 metres high and 14.5 by 20 at the base, and is topped by eight small towers. The keep is flanked by two courtyards. The interior of the castle has two floors with a stone vault. It was declared a National Monument in 1917. Currently the Provincial Museum-Foundation of the Wines of Valladolid.

Peñafiel Castle is built with stone from Campaspero. It measures 210 metres long, and 33 wide. Largely responsible for building the castle we see today was Don Juan Manuel. He was one of the richest lords in Castile and played an very active part in the politics of the kingdom. He was married to the granddaughter of King Ferdinand III. He also occupies an important place in Spanish literature as one of its most important writers from the Middle Ages. He was the prototype of the medieval knight; not only involved in wars but also cultivated.