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| South view of the castle
The castle of Luján is of Renaissance and Plateresque style, being built in the middle of the XVI century. It is known that the Crown exchanged it in the year 1571 for the salt well of Gormellón in Atienza to Gaspar Ramírez de Vargas, governing of Madrid. It was a pentagonal plant with a moat surrounding the fortress except on the west side. It had an entrance bastion and six towers, plus a turret attached to the north door.
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2/12/17
Castle of Saelices (Cuenca)
1/12/17
Saelices
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| Town Hall
Saelices is a municipality in the province of Cuenca in the Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha. It is located in the region of La Mancha. It is likely that its foundation is due to the proximity of the spring called Fuente Lamar, where the aqueduct that supplied water to the nearby Roman city of Segóbriga, after being abandoned by the Muslim invasion.
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22/6/17
Castle of Cuerva (Toledo)
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| North-east view of the castle
The castle of Peñaflor was probably built during the reign of Alfonso X the Wise, in the 13th century. Being acquired by the governor of Cazorla don Juan Carrillo in the 15th century. It was built with a rectangle floor plan and now kept three circular towers at its corners. It contained an round path around the upper perimeter of its walls, of which remain only the machicolations. It seems to be that it had not homage tower or moat which could protect the castle.
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