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Castle of Alamín

Santa Cruz del Retamar, Torrijos, Toledo

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Castle of Alamín

Monument · Santa Cruz del Retamar, Torrijos, Toledo

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Ruins of Alamín Castle, head of an extensive frontier territory in Andalusi and medieval times, located within the municipal district. It stood on a hill 60 metres above the river Alberche, controlling the crossing of the bridge over it; a fortification already existed there before the 10th century, recorded in the year 930 as Alfahmín or Alhamín, which surrendered to Abd al-Rahman III. After the reconquest of Toledo it passed into the hands of King Alfonso VI and later of the Archbishopric of Toledo, which in 1397 ordered it rebuilt and a bridge raised over the Alberche. It later belonged to Álvaro de Luna and the dukes of the Infantado, and from the 15th century it began its decline until it fell into ruin; today no remains survive of either the castle or the bridge, and the land is privately owned.

Photo: Malopez 21 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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