Zafra Castle

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The first Zafra Castle at this site however was built by the Moors. The entire region including this Moorish castle was conquered around 1129 by the Christian kingdoms of the north of Spain. The castle we see today was constructed around the beginning of the 13th century. From then on it stayed to be an important, strategic stronghold for controlling the Senorio of Molina in the following centuries. In 1222 Zafra Castle was besieged by an army of the Castilian King Fernando III, because its Lord, Gonzalo Perez de Lara, had collaborated in attempts to raise a rebellion against the King of Castile. The castle however couldn't be taken by force but it surrendered when a treaty was signed which disinherited Gonzalo's male descendants and forced his daughter to marry King Fernando III's brother. #castillo_Bubus #castle #Espania #Guadalajara #Spain #Zafra