Castle
Castillo-palacio de Escalona
🇪🇸 Spain
The castle-palace of Escalona is a construction located in the Toledo locality of Escalona, autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. It was one of the most important defensive sites on the frontier between Toledo and the Almoravids and Almohads in 1131, 1137 and 1196. It was declared an artistic architectural monument —the forerunner of the bien de interés cultural designation— on 2 February 1922.
Machine-translated from “Castillo-palacio de Escalona” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castillo-palacio de Escalona ranks #5,697 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #293 of the 600 mapped in Spain. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Toledo, 46 km away. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Castillo-palacio de Escalona?
Castillo-palacio de Escalona stands in Spain, at 40.1661°, -4.4017°.
How famous is Castillo-palacio de Escalona?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,697 of 7,738 worldwide, and #293 in Spain. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Castillo-palacio de Escalona?
Castle of Maqueda, about 12 km away.
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