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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.

1/12/17

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.