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| View of the castle from the south-east
The Castle of Odón was built at the beginning of the 15th century on the initiative of the marquis of Moya, being destroyed in the year 1521 during the uprising of the Comuneros and sent to rebuild the royal architect Juan de Herrera at the request of don Diego Fernández de Cabrera. Initially it had triangular shape, who brought a new tower foursquare in a new vertex to be Herrera. It currently hosts the Historical File of the Air Force.
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Villaviciosa de Odón (Madrid)
Villaviciosa de Odón
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| Town Hall
Villaviciosa de Odón is a municipality in the province and Autonomous Community of Madrid, located in the west of the metropolitan area of the capital. Its origins date back to the visigothic period as evidenced by the remains of the ancient necropolis found from Calatalifa, a name which comes from the arabic Qal'at' at Al-Khalifa (Caliph castle).
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