Spain · 15th century
The Castle of Barcience is castle in Barcience, Spain. It was a stronghold of the House of Silva.
It was built from scratch in the 15th century. Erected on a small elevation of the terrain, it consists of a ortogonal main body, with two circular towers in the Western corners and two square towers in the Eastern corners, with the NE one being the largest one. One of the towers displays a relief depicting a lion rampant, the sigil of the house of Silva.
Despite the status of Bien de Interés Cultural via the generic 1949 decree on the protection of the castles of Spain, the building has been however left in a situation of complete abandonment by the owners, losing pieces of the structure and enduring graffiti.
Text adapted from “Castle of Barcience” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle of Barcience ranks #7,515 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #393 of the 607 mapped in Spain. Founded c. 1450, it is older than 47% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 554 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. 14 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Toledo, 22 km away. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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