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Pueblo deshabitado y castillo de Granadilla

Zarza de Granadilla, Trasierra-Tierras de Granadilla, Cáceres

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Pueblo deshabitado y castillo de Granadilla

Monument · Zarza de Granadilla, Trasierra-Tierras de Granadilla, Cáceres

Image of Zarza de Granadilla, not of the place itself.

Old town founded by the Muslims in the 9th century as a stronghold; conquered in 1160 by Fernando II of León, it passed to the Dukes of Alba in 1446, who built the castle between 1473 and 1478, with a central prismatic body and four semicylindrical towers. On June 24, 1955, the town was expropriated by the State ahead of the construction of the Gabriel y Galán reservoir, although it has never actually been flooded even with the reservoir full. It was declared a conjunto histórico-artístico in 1980 and has been progressively restored ever since; its former residents gather twice a year for commemorative reunions.

24 de junio de 1955 (expropiación y desalojo); 1980 (declaración de conjunto histórico-artístico)

Photo: Jesusmgmarin (CC BY 3.0)

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