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Castle of la Coracera

San Martín de Valdeiglesias, Sierra Oeste, Madrid

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Castle of la Coracera

Monument · San Martín de Valdeiglesias, Sierra Oeste, Madrid

A 15th-century fortress built at the order of Don Álvaro de Luna as a residence and hunting lodge, with a pentagonal keep and a barbican some four metres thick; declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) in 1985, it lodged Isabel la Católica in 1468.

Photo: Dirección General de Turismo. Consejería de Economía e Innovación Tecnológica. Comunidad de Madrid (CC BY 3.0 es)

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