Spain · 8th century
Castillo de Almodóvar del Río (Hisnu-l-mudawar; "the round castle") is a castle of Arab Muslim origin in the town of Almodóvar del Río, Province of Córdoba, Spain. Previously a Roman fort, the current structure is of Arab Umayyad origin, in the year 760. During the Middle Ages, it underwent several renovations and reconstructions. Between 1901 and 1936, it was restored by the owner Raphael Desmaissiers, 12th Count of Torravala, under the technical direction of the architect Adolfo Fernández Casanova. The most important towers are the Cuadrada, the Redonda, and the Homenaje.
It is situated 15 miles (24 km) from Córdoba, on the left bank of the Guadalquivir.
Part of the 7th season of the HBO series Game of Thrones was filmed at the castle. It depicted House Tyrell's home Highgarden, and also parts of Casterly Rock, the ancestral home of House Lannister.
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Castle of Almodóvar del Río ranks #1,310 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #49 of the 607 mapped in Spain. Founded 760, it is older than 95% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 48 atlas entries founded in the 8th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 4,004 times in the last 60 days, more than 83% of the atlas. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Seville, 97 km away. It is one of the 124 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Andalusia. It is stop 29 of 30 on the Andalusian frontier castles, Cádiz to Córdoba. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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