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.

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.

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.

Pioz

Panoramic view of the villa

Pioz is a municipality in the province of Guadalajara, in the Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha. The villa is seated on a wasteland in the district of the Baja Alcarria.

Medina del Campo

Panoramic view of Medina del Campo from castle

Medina del Campo is a municipality located in the south-west of the province of Valladolid, in the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León. The villa is head of the Commonwealth of lands from Medina, consisting of approximately thirty municipalities.

Castle of Guardamar del Segura (Alicante)

Access to the interior of the castle

The castle of Guardamar del Segura is on a rocky hill site near the town of the same name. Of arab origin, it is an elongated enclosure divided into two sections. The top is the castle itself, dated to the first half of the twelfth century. The bottom is larger and is surrounded by a gothic wall where the villa remained within these walls until the earthquake of 1829.

Castle of Xátiva (Valencia)

The castle perched above the sierra Vernissa

The castle completely dominates the city of Xàtiva. The original nucleus lies in the current Minor Castle, of Iberian origin, being later occupied by the romans, who also began the construction of the Largest Castle. The current set, however, presents an islamic architecture.

Xátiva

Xátiva panoramic view from the castle

 

Xativa is a municipality in the Valencian Community, located in the south of the province of Valencia and the capital of the region of La Costera.