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Castle of el Alcañicejo

Tosos, Campo de Cariñena, Zaragoza

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Castle of el Alcañicejo

Monument · Tosos, Campo de Cariñena, Zaragoza

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The castle of Alcañicejo, also known as the castillo del Santo, stands in the deserted hamlet of Alcañicejo, in the municipality of Tosos, where in the Middle Ages it controlled the crossing of the río Huerva. Andalusi Muslim sources already mention it in the year 878, as a waypoint in an expedition against Zaragoza. It was reconquered by Alfonso I the Battler, who in 1124 gave it to the brothers Fruela and Pelayo, and over the centuries it changed hands several times: it was bought by the Comunidad de Daroca in 1348, passed to Ximeno de Bailo in 1364 by grant of Peter the Ceremonious, and its last royal rights were sold in 1371 to Juan Fernández de Heredia. By the mid-19th century it was already described as a pardina of the municipality of Tosos. Its remains today form part of the listed heritage of the municipality.

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