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The castle of Asmesnal

Alfaraz de Sayago, Sayago, Zamora

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The castle of Asmesnal

Monument · Alfaraz de Sayago, Sayago, Zamora

Built on the dehesa of the Asmesnal, whose name already appears as La Almexnal in the Fuero de Ledesma of 1161, this Gothic-style castle played an important role in the 15th-century wars with Portugal, although it probably featured in the history of the Kingdom of León from the 12th century onward. It preserves a square tower with corner bastions and an outer enclosure. It stands on the ZA-305 road, about 11 kilometres from Peñausende and 14 from Ledesma, beside the stream that gives it its name. In 1831 the dehesa was recorded as a secular village of the Sayago district, with its own presiding mayor and a population of barely 28 inhabitants engaged in cereal, pulse, wine and livestock farming. Beside it stand the remains of the Asmesnal palace and church.

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