Castle of Berlanga de Duero (Castilla León, Spain)

Castle of Fuentidueña (Segovia, Castilla Leon). Castillo de Fuentidueña (Spain).

Castle Fuentidueña. One of the largest of Castile and Leon.

Castles and walls of Albarracin (Teruel, Aragon)

Albarracín is one of the more beautiful town of Spain, in the province of Teruel, part of the autonomous community of Aragon.
The Albarracin mountains lie to the south and west of the town. In them the Tagus river has its source, and it flows from here through Spain to Portugal.
Albarracín is known for its beauty and attracts many tourists, the castles and the walls.

Castle of Ayub, in Calatayud (Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain)

The castle of Calatayud and the walls of the city are ones of the more important muslim monuments in Spain.

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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

Castles of Valladolid (Castilla y Leon, Spain). Castillos de Valladolid.

CASTLES OF VALLADOLID:

Castles of Loarre, Huesca (Aragón, Spain).

The more important spainsh castle of centuty X-XII.

Castles of Aragon (Spain). Castillos de Aragón.

Castle of Fuentidueña of Tajo (Madrid). Castillo de Fuentidueña

Castle Fuentidueña of Tajo is on a hill that dominates the population called Loma del Castillo, next to the cemetery in the town of Fuentidueña of Tajo, in the province of Madrid.
History

There are indications that could be built in the twelfth century and expanded or rebuilt in the fourteenth century. Its history is connected with the Reconquista and the kings Alfonso VI and Alfonso VIII.

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 Montealegre de Campos (Valladolid, Castilla y Leon). Castillo de Montealegre.

The Castle of Montealegre was constructed in the Century XIII or principles of XIV by Alfonso Menezes, and replaced the one of Villalba of the Alcores like main strength of this family. This immense castle, of high walls and towers never was conquered by the arms.

Castle of Encina's Baños. Castillo de Baños de la Encina (Jaen, Andalucia)

This magnificent castle dominates the small town of Banos de la Encina which lies about 28 miles north of the city of Jaen.
its fifteen ten metre high towers, the fortress was constructed on the orders of Al-Hakam II, who dominated the area, and was completed in 970.

Originally named simply Baños, the village bacame 'de la Encina' ('of the holm oaks') in the 13th Century, when an apparition of the Virgin Mary was reported to have occurred amongst the oak trees.

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 Alaro (Majorca). Castillo de Alaró (Mallorca). Castell d'Alaró.

The Castle of Alaro is a old castle of Majorca with an altitude of 822 M. The castle is located in the municipality of Alaró and is an extraordinary viewpoint from which the bays of Palma and Alcudia are descried and the Mountain range of Tramontana. In the top of the mountain there is the old fortification from Muslim time.

The mountain also welcomes from century XVII the Sanctuary of the Mother of God of Refuge and one hospedería.

The history of the Castle of Alaró intimately is bound to develops it legendary carried out by Guillem Cabrit and Guillem Bassa, personages who died burned in century XIII, after to have defended ferociously the fortification, when staying faithful to Jaime II of Majorca and being against to the occupation of the island by Alfonso II of Aragón.

Castle of Peñiscola (Castellón). Castillo de Peñiscola.

Peñíscola is a Valencian municipality located on the Costa del Azahar along the eastern Mediterranean coast of Spain in the province of Castellón. It is presently a tourist destination for Northern Europeans in search of some sun.

The castle where Benedict lived from 1417 until his death in 1423 was restored, improved and new walls were added in 1960 when Anthony Mann's film El Cid was partially filmed there. The town and castle of Peñiscola were playing the role of Valencia. The castle is now a popular tourist attraction.

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Castle of Manzanares El Real (Madrid). Castillo de Manzanares El Real.

The Castle of Manzanares el Real, 30 miles north of Madrid, is most famous for its castle that is an imposing example of the military architecture of the 15th century in Spain. The construction of the castle began in the year 1475, at a time when Madrid had little more than 100 houses and about 300 citizens. The castle has a quadrangular plant with four towers on the corners. Three cylindrical towers and a larger one known as Torre del Homenaje (Homage Tower) with a squared layout. Each of the three cylindrical towers is crowned with smaller towers, and the "Homage Tower" is finished off with another smaller octagonal tower. The body of the castle has sides of 30 meters and the cylindrical towers have a diameter of 6.5 meters at the base. The central courtyard (called Patio de Armas) is surrounded by corridors with arcades as an example of the late Gothic style with Mudejar influence. Finally, the castle is surrounded by a barbican wall with a single entrance through a beautiful gate facing the west side and flanked by two solid towers. All the walls of the barbican have arrow loops in the shape of the cross of Jesusalem.

The castle of Manzanares el Real appears in the movie "El Cid" (1961) featuring Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren.

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.

Video about Castle of coca (Segovia, Spain)

Video about Castle of coca, Castillo de Coca.

Castle of Sadaba (Aragón). Castillo de Sadaba.

he castle of Sádaba is of an elegance extraordinary, very austere and harmonic, very homogenous due to the quality of his sillares. His stranger architect had to be a great teacher. It is a castle of cisterciense style, century XIII. Its stamp is little frequent, a quadrilateral plant very approximated to a rectangle, of 38 by 30 meters measured in the greater sides of each pair. A surface of more than 1,000 square meters. Its uniform in height and very elevated, with seven towers of rectangular plant, that are not identical. Four are in the corners, two in center of the North sides and this, and seventh in the South side, but closely together of the one of the southwestern angle to flank between both the only entrance.

Castle of Cuellar (Segovia) Castilla y León. Castillo de Cuellar.

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The castle of Cuellar in Segovia, is a very old strength that already existed in century XI although the present building data of centuries XIV and XV