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Castillo de los Fajardo

Vélez-Blanco, Los Vélez, Almería

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Castillo de los Fajardo

Monument · Vélez-Blanco, Los Vélez, Almería

Renaissance castle built from 1507 on top of an earlier Arab alcazaba, commissioned by the Marquises of los Vélez. Its Renaissance marble courtyard was sold and moved in the early 20th century to the Metropolitan Museum in New York, where it is preserved.

Photo: Juan José Rodríguez (Public domain)

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