Castle of Saelices (Cuenca)

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.

Entrance bulwark on the south side

Entrance door to the inside enclosure

North expanse of the parade ground

Indoor of the north wall

Canvas eastern of the wall and east tower

East tower seen from the parade ground

Remains of an inside building

South expanse of the parade ground

Eastern canvas of the south wall

Western canvas of the south wall

Access ladder to the round path

Access to the outside from the parade ground

South wall

South-west tower

West wall

Western canvas of the west wall

North-west tower

North wall

Eastern canvas of the north wall

Details of machicolations and metopes formerly decorated with ceramics

Embrasure on the turret of the north door

Outside the north door

North-east tower

Eastern canvas of the east wall

East tower

Detail of the moat next to the east wall

Western canvas of the east wall

Saelices

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.

Church of San Pedro Apóstol

Hermitage of the Virgen de los Remedios

House-Palace of the Martínez-Falero

Roman column next to the church of San Pedro Apóstol

Roman ruins of Segóbriga

Location of the castle of Saelices