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Torrecid
🇪🇸 Spain
Torrecid was a Christian motte-and-bailey castle where El Cid camped for fifteen weeks around the year 1081 according to legend. The site remained buried for almost a thousand years until recent archaeological excavations found it where Cantar de Mio Cid describes it. The site, located in the valley of the Jalón river, is in the current municipality of Ateca (Zaragoza), Spain. To date the regional Government of Aragon has not cataloged it so its protection is the generic indicated in the Decree of 22 April 1949 and Law 16/1985 of protection of the Spanish Historical Heritage.
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Torrecid ranks #389 of 6,412 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #103 of the 433 mapped in Spain. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Torrecid?
Torrecid stands in Spain, at 41.3132°, -1.77256°.
How famous is Torrecid?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #389 of 6,412 worldwide, and #103 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 Torrecid?
Castle of Alcocer, about 2 km away.
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