Los Arcos Castle

Almendral, Spain

Los Arcos Castle was built around 1474. The square form castle has four corner towers and it was surrounded by a moat. It was built of masonry, dressed stone and brick, as a rectangular enclosure with squat towers at the corners and a keep in the centre. It is not open to visits at the present as it is private property and currently inhabited.

Near the castle they have found the remains of an old Gothic-Mudejar hermitage or basilica and the medieval Castillejo bridge.

Address

Almendral, Spain

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Details

Founded: 1474
Category: Castles and fortifications in Spain

More Information

www.turismoextremadura.com

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User Reviews

Felix Peña Alvarado (3 years ago)

J.Enrique Capilla (3 years ago)
Small but cute. The worst, that you can not visit ...

vicente real murillo (3 years ago)

Gabriel Fernández Muñoz (4 years ago)
This is a private estate on whose properties the castle known as "Los Arcos" is located. Its construction dates back to the 15th centuries by order of Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa, nephew of the first count of Feria Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa y Sotomayor, on the land donated by King Henry IV of Castile. A place with a lot of history but that we could not visit. More on my blog CASTLES AND FORTRESSS IN LA RAYA (gabifem.es)

Juan Carlos Sánchez (4 years ago)

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