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Castillo de Cañamero

Cañamero, Villuercas-Ibores-Jara, Cáceres

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Castillo de Cañamero

Monument · Cañamero, Villuercas-Ibores-Jara, Cáceres

Fortress of Visigothic origin (5th-8th centuries) set on a rock formation overlooking the Ruecas river; rebuilt in 1457, it was torn down by royal order just four years later, in 1461.

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