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CASTLE OF XÀTIVA

CASTLE OF XÀTIVA

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The castle of Xàtiva is located in the well-known mountain like Vernissa and from her, a series of defensive Towers and walls embraced city (that still is visible in different sections), the origin of the construction month is possibly íbero (the old chronicles locate to Aníbal in its way to Sagunt), of the Roman period the water rain tanks located are visible in part month e...

CASTLE OF SOT DE CHERA

CASTLE OF SOT DE CHERA

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La Torre del Castle de Sot de Chera is registered in the Archaeological Inventory of Valencia as a watchtower medieval chronology, taking sporadic findings also evidence of Roman pottery, as well as a numismatic item. The party is around the Tower correspond to the former defensive enclosure has been declared of Cultural Interest. The Castle is a rock type and is located on a rocky promontory on ...

CASTLE OF AYORA

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Ayora Castle is located in the top of a small hill overlooking the town. Its plan is rectangular with two indoor parking spaces and tower. The canvases are nearly six feet tall and close to a mile long. Due to its border, passed after the reconquest of the Kingdom of Castile, to join the Kingdom of Valencia in the fourteenth century. The current state of ruin of the castle is mainly caused by the...

CASTLE OF Benisanó

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Benisanó Castle has its origins in an ancient tower, which once defended the Islamic farmhouse, which was conquered by the forces of James I in 1238. The construction of the castle itself dates from the fifteenth century and was built by order of Mr. Luis Vilarrasa of Cabanilles, later, made the wall that surrounds the current center of Benisanó. Today they are still visible three entrances to th...

CASTLE OF COFRENTES

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Cofrentes Castle is located in a watchtower on the rivers and Cabriel Júcar. Its construction dates from the twelfth to seventeenth centuries and is built with stone blocks and masonry. There are two distinct precincts: the first and most exterior is composed of a stretch of wall with several defensive towers to give greater protection to the second set, comprising the castle and its dependence o...

CASTLE OF BÉTERA

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Bétera Castle is located in the center of town. Of Arab origin, its function was to defend Muslims who lived in the farmhouses around. In the old building is no trace, as in 1364, King Pedro II "the Ceremonious" ordered the demolition of the castle and its walls being rebuilt again years later. In the vicinity of the town hard and succeeded bloody armed conflicts, like the attack of the Count de ...

CASTLE OF CORBERA

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Corbera Castle is of Roman origin and was rebuilt with the arrival of the Arabs. The building occupies a small promontory overlooking the present town of Corbera, dominating all the Ribera Baixa and part of the Mediterranean coast. Its shape is long and consisted of an outer wall (in good condition) and on the inside were the other units.

CASTLE OF TORRES-TORRES

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The Torres-Torres castle is on a small hill that overlooks the village. The current population and the castle is of Muslim origin. The conquest of the square by James I, took place shortly before the year 1238 in their advance towards the Puig de Santa Maria and subsequent capture of the city of Valencia. The plan of the castle was polygonal and has various towers and walled canvases in...

CASTLE OF MONTESA

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The castle stands on a promontory overlooking the town of Montesa and the entire valley of the same name. Of Muslim origin, was won by Peter the Great in 1277, later King James II to donate to the Order of Montesa. This order, rebuild and expand the premises fitted with new installations: church, cloister, moat and according to the chronicles, had a parade that can hold more than a thousand soldi...

CASTLE OF CHIREL

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Of all the defensive structures that exist in terms of Cortes de Pallas, the most spectacular and best preserved is Chirel Castle, perched on a rock, among deep gorges and steep. It is an almost impregnable fortress given its location and isolation, of Muslim origin. With the revolt of the Moriscos, the fortress was one of the main bastions of resistance Ayora.El Valley area currently looks like ...

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