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Alcázar de Toro

Spain · 10th century

Founded
c. 950
Heritage status
bien de interés cultural · Red List of Endangered Heritage item
Location
Toro
Coordinates
41.5192°, -5.3919°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Alcázar de Toro in Spain
Photo: GFreihalter · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Alcázar (also called the Royal Alcázar of Toro) is a square-plan defensive building located in the city of Toro (province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain). The original construction dates from the 10th century, although the numerous reconstructions show that it is a more recent building. It is near the riverbank, set on a height, has defensive walls flanked by seven towers, and formed part of the set of walls that defended and enclosed the city. The alcázar was a residence of the Catholic Monarchs.

Machine-translated from “Alcázar de Toro” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Alcázar de Toro ranks #9,171 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #548 of the 646 mapped in Spain. Founded c. 950, it is older than 93% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 206 atlas entries founded in the 10th century. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.

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