25/12/14

Castle of La Adrada (Ávila)

North-east view of the castle

The origin of the castle of La Adrada seems to come at the end of the 14th century, when King Enrique III of Castile granted the village of La Adrada to Constable Ruy López Dávalos who should build this building on the earlier remains and incorporating a gothic church inside. It currently houses the Centre of Historical Interpretation of the Valley of Tietar.

Drawbridge over the moat

Gateway to the castle

Inside zone of the gateway

Attack terrace over gateway to the palace complex 

Cistern in the courtyard of renaissance weapons

Apse of the gothic church

Remains of columns in the nave of the church

Homage tower on top of the apse of the church

Inside of the top of the homage tower

The Warden House

Galleries and rooms of the palace

Zone between walls of mediaeval utility

Courtyard south of the palace complex

Round path on the outside wall north

Homage tower in the north-east angle

Walls on the north face

24/12/14

Postern to the outside of the watchtower

West wall towers

View of the moat on the south wall

Panoramic of the castle on east face

La Adrada

View of the town from the castle


La Adrada is a municipality belonging to the province of Ávila, in the Autonomous Community of Castilla y Leon. It is immersed in the eastern massif of the Sierra de Gredos mountains, in the Valley of Tietar, and was already known its existence to the year 1250 with a muslim and mozarab population.

Town Square

Town Hall

Belfry and the Town Hall tower

Parish church of El Salvador

The House of the Uncle Talis, unique example of folk architecture of the town

Location of the castle of La Adrada

24/11/14

Castle of Santo Domingo-Caudilla (Toledo)

View of the north facade of the castle

Caudilla castle, also known as Rivadeneyra castle, was built in the 15th century on the outskirts of the now abandoned village of Caudilla. It was a small palace castle of the late feudal period, no military utility.

Round tower at the north-east corner

Upper door of access to the tower

Image of the Christ of Oblivion on the round tower

The inside walls seen from the south

Only rest at the foot of the homage tower

Stones of the collapse of the homage tower

23/11/14

Santo Domingo-Caudilla

View of the village from the hermitage of Santa Ana

Santo Domingo-Caudilla is a municipality in the province of Toledo, in the Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha. The Town Hall comes from the union of the peoples of Val de Santo Domingo and Caudilla, and is located in the comarca of Torrijos.

Generalísimo square

Town Hall

Church of Santo Domingo de Silos

Hermitage of Santa Ana

Abandoned church of Santa María de los Reyes in Caudilla

Location of the castle of Santo Domingo-Caudilla

13/10/14

Castle of Torrejón de Velasco (Madrid)

General view of the castle

The castle of Puñonrostro was commissioned in the 15th century by the Bishop of Palencia Gutiérrez Gómez de Toledo. It has a rectangular plan and consists of two bodies, the  homage tower and the courtyard of arms, and its perimeter rise other nine towers.

Gateway to the parade ground

The homage tower

Wall on the north side

Postern gate in the west wall

Tower at the south-west angle

Facade facing south

Torrejón de Velasco

Spain square

Torrejón de Velasco is a municipality located in the south of the Autonomous Community of Madrid. The origins of the village are roman, who would later become a visigoth population.