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Castle of Caudete

Caudete, Monte Ibérico-Corredor de Almansa, Albacete

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Castle of Caudete

Monument · Caudete, Monte Ibérico-Corredor de Almansa, Albacete

Caudete Castle stands on a hill in the centre of this town in the province of Albacete. The original building, of Islamic origin, was raised in the 12th century when the Almohads arrived in al-Andalus, possibly on top of an earlier taifa-period structure. From the castle ran the town wall, with three gates: those of Murcia, of the Villa and of Valencia, the main access to the main square. The War of the Two Peters (1356-1369) erased its Andalusi forms, and it was rebuilt by the Castilians in the 14th century. It lost its residential use in 1422, when the town was sold to Alfonso V of Aragon, and its military function in 1469 with the union of Aragon and Castile. Between 1740 and 1870 it served as the parish cemetery.

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