Castle of Granucillo (Zamora)

North view of the castle from the path of the hermitage of 

Santo Cristo de San Adrián

The castle-palace of the Counts of Benavente was built before the year 1446 by members of the Escobar family, who were lords of the town, who obtained this territory through a donation from King Henry III of Castile, being transferred at the end of the 15th century. to the Pimentel family, Counts of Benavente. Only the walled perimeter located on a small hill next to the Almucera stream is preserved, and inside the foundations and the lower part of the homage tower.

West wall

Eastern canvas of the west castle wall

Semicircle arch access door with voussoirs at the top

Western canvas of the west castle wall

South-west view of the castle

Remains of the homage tower indoor the castle

Western canvas of the south castle wall

South wall

Eastern canvas of the south castle wall

South-east view of the castle

Western canvas of the castle east wall

Detail of loopholes on the east wall

East wall

Battlements that crown the entire castle grounds

Eastern canvas of the east wall of the castle

North-east corner of the castle

Western canvas of the north castle wall

North wall

Eastern canvas of the north castle wall

Detail of the remains of the homage tower on the battlements of the north wall

Granucillo

Town Hall

Granucillo is a municipality of the province of Zamora in the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León, located in the region of Benavente and Los Valles, sub-region of Vidriales. It is characterized by its rich landscape and the numerous vestiges of the past, with the dolmens of Las Peñezuelas and San Adrián, which show the existence of settlement human since the Bronze Age. In the Middle Ages it was integrated into the Kingdom de León, whose monarchs undertook the repopulation of the town, to later integrated into the Lands of the Count of Benavente.

Sweet Name of Mary Church

Bulrush of the Church Sweet Name of Mary

Hermitage of the Holy Christ of San Adrián

Bulrush of the hermitage of the Holy Christ of San Adrián

Popular architecture with detail of the corridor or gallery to the street

Detail of an exterior oven attached to a rammed earth house

Heraldic shield on the facade of a house in the town

Roll of Justice in the square of the same name

Bridge over the Almucera stream

Dolmen Las Peñezuelas

Dolmen San Adrián

Panoramic of the population from the castle

Location of the castle of Granucillo