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Morella Defensive Walls
Walled enclosure from the 14th century. It has a series of towers and gateways. The walls actually date back to the 14th century. The most important part of the wall was built during the reign of Ped...
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The good people of San Esteban
According to the Song of el Cid, on the eighth day of the exile the Cid passed through San Esteban without entering the city. Six years later, by then the Cid had conquered Valencia, his daughters ent...
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Alcubilla, at the edge of Castile
According to El Cantar, El Cid crossed through Alcubilla, “at the edge of Castile”, on the eighth day of exile. That is to say, Alcubilla, where there used to be a fortress on the top of i...
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The watchtower of Navapalos
El Cantar relates that El Cid crossed over the river Duero at Navapalos on the eighth day of exile and made camp for the night. At Navapalos new men came in. After nightfall, El Cid lay down there, an...
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Caliphal castle or fortress of Gormaz
The castle of Gormaz is an impressive Caliphal Islamic fortress built in the 9th century and greatly reinforced and enlarged in the time of Al-Haquem II, at the end of the 10th century. It was an...
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Castle of Olocau del Rey
This fortress, which was built by Muslims in the 10th and 11th, is now in ruins. It is situated on the top of a hill, offering breathtaking views of the town and of the region of Els Ports. The castl...
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Castle of Onda
This is an impressive Muslim fortress built on the 10th century on the ruins of an old Roman settlement. Improvements have been made on the castle over the centuries. For example, a module for recepti...
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Medieval Aqueduct, Segorbe
The Arab world masterly resolved how to transport water from one place to another. The Aqueduct of Segorbe, dated between the 11th and 12th centuries, is another example of its exquisite works of engi...
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Castle of Estrella, Segorbe
Although the remains of the castle, now in ruins, are mostly from the 19th century, several residential buildings and military constructions have been built on the hill of Sopeña. The Iberians ...
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Segorbe’s medieval walls
Although there are remains that indicate that a wall enclosure was built before the 11th century, the wall remains that are visible today are mostly ruins belonging to the 14th-century old wall, which...
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