Index of files of castles

Avila preserves the best set walled of Europe. Though the origin of the muralla is Roman, it thinks that those who have come up to us were begun in 1090 and his construction, which would last nine years, 2.000 men took part, though recent studies would delay it until middle of the XIIth. There has an almost rectangular perimeter of 2.526 meters with nine doors, four shutters 88 buckets or towers, 2.500 battlements, with a height not uniform height differs, with an average of 12 meters.

Palace built in the 11th century by the Banu Hud, kings of the taifa of Zaragoza that includes the Torre del Trvador, two centuries earlier. Magnificently preserved, it is a fundamental monument in the history of Aragon and one of the best representatives of Hispanic-Muslim art. Surrounded by a square walled enclosure with semicircular towers are the buildings of the caliphal palace, of great architectural and ornamental richness. Conquered Zaragoza in 1118 by Alfonso I, was modified on several occasions and times, in one of which a Mudejar church was added.

Torre medieval del siglo XIII, considerada patrimonio-histórico. Por sus características corrresponde al prototipo de torre gótica en la región, tiene gruesos muros de sillería de 1,60m. de espesor, planta rectangular, y 19 m. de altura. Por sus características corrresponde al prototipo de torre gótica en la región.

This tower is located in Covarrubias. It is the only military stronghold preserved from that period. It is so called after Doña Urraca, grand daughter of Fernán González, who was sovereign abbess of the Monastery of St. Cosme and St. Damián in Covarrubias. Formed by three bodies, the first one possibly of Roman origin, with walls up to 3 m wide. The second one has a horseshoe door at many metres from the floor, and the last one, rebuilt in a later period, with windows and buttresses.