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Castle of Alcalá del Júcar

Alcalá del Júcar, La Manchuela, Albacete

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Castle of Alcalá del Júcar

Monument · Alcalá del Júcar, La Manchuela, Albacete

An Almohad fortress of the 12th and 13th centuries perched on the rocky cliff overlooking the meander of the Júcar. Alfonso VIII took it for Castile in 1211, and from its towers the whole gorge of the river can be taken in.

Photo: Quixoteab (CC BY-SA 3.0 es)

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