Spain · 11th century
The La Mota Castle or Castillo de La Mota is a medieval fortress in the town of Medina del Campo, province of Valladolid, Spain. It is so named because of its location on an elevated hill, a mota (in Spanish), from where it dominates the town and surrounding land. The adjacent town came to be surrounded by an expanding series of walls in subsequent years, of which little remains.
It has been protected by the state since 1904, first as a national monument and more recently as a site of cultural interest, or Bien de Interés Cultural.
Text adapted from “La Mota Castle (Medina del Campo)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle of La Mota ranks #1,086 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #43 of the 607 mapped in Spain. Founded c. 1100, it is older than 85% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 436 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 4,171 times in the last 60 days, more than 84% of the atlas. The nearest day-trip guide is Ávila, 75 km away. It is stop 3 of 28 on the Castile castle route, Valladolid to Madrid. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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