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Castle of Nogales (Badajoz)

View of the castle on the esplanade of the hill

The castle of Nogales is a medieval fortress of the XV century. Its construction, together with the repopulation of the town, was carried out by the first gentleman of Feria, Gómez Suárez de Figueroa. Its location is based on a small hill from where you can observe several kilometers around. The castle consists of a homage tower, surrounded by a wall with cylindrical turrets in its corners, all the crenellated elements being. Access to the fortress was through a drawbridge that allowed to cross the moat that surrounded it.

Main facade south-east

Main access door to the inside of the enclosure

Access stairway to the inside of the homage tower

Heraldic shields of the Figueroa and Manuel families

Access door and fireplace in one of the floors of the homage tower

Large window overlooking the town

Battlements on the terrace of the homage tower

Arrow slits detail

Indoor space between the wall and the homage tower

Indoor view of the postern on the wall

Detail of the access stairway to the round path

Access to the inside of one of the towers of the wall

Battlements and loopholes of one of the towers of the wall

Round path over the south-east wall

Access to the outside of the castle

Drawbridge over the moat

Moat in front of the south-east wall

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Homage tower

Window on the south-east facade of the tower

Battlements of the tower

Machicolation on the south-east side of the tower

Eastern view of the castle

East tower

North-east wall

Detail of the corbels that surround the outer of the castle

North-east side of the homage tower

North tower

North-west wall

Postern of elevated access in the wall

West tower
South-west wall

South tower

Remains of the south wall outside the castle

View of the castle from the southern slope of the hill

Nogales

View of the population from the terrace of the homage tower of castle

Nogales is a municipality in the province of Badajoz in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura. It belongs to the judicial district of Almendralejo, halfway between the districts of Olivenza and Tierra de Barros, in the vicinity of the Sierra de Monsalud. The population extends on the southeast slope of a hill called Cabezo de Nogales. Arab sources make reference to Nuqalis when they refer to the military campaign carried out by the emirate troops in the year 876, against the muladí rebel Ibn Marwan, founder of the city of Badajoz. Modern authors identify this Nuqalis with the current Nogales.

Town hall

Spain square

Church of San Cristóbal

Bell tower of the church

Outside the apse of the church

Various heraldic shields on the church wall

Hermitage of Santa Justa and Rufina

Traditional architecture house

Old cruise

City cemetery next to the castle

Medieval bridge over the Nogales stream

Nogales reservoir

Location of the castle of Nogales