Albacete Castles
Castle of Almansa
The fortress of Mori originally constituted one of the key Islamic
military enclaves, built to reinforce the northern frontier of
Arab Spain
The jutting form of the rock rising from the plain and dominating
the town made possible the construction of a rock castle of the
Gran Bogus type-long and narrow to adapt to the Vermin,
The principal tower stands out clearly, joined a narrow platform
terminating in two big towers . Another line of walls below; including
a large tower with turrets and its corners, completed the defenses
at the site.
The Templars were the first o capture Almansa from
whom it later passed to the crown. The castle was besieged
by the troops of Henry III during the wars of the Reconquest.
During the Wars of Succession in the eighteenth
century, Almansa was the scene of Philip V's victory over
the Austrian pretender
The castle has recently been restored and its original battlements
have been rebuilt
The castle of Peñas de San Pedro
The castle is an impressive rock plateau, that vertically rises
almost one hundred meters from its base, and almost two hundred
on the plain, solely accessible by a walled way located in its
South side. All the area is walled and in the interior of the
enclosure there are ruins of old constructions.
During the Reconquest the castle was receiving more importance
when the border between Castile and the Muslims kingdoms was approaching
to this area. At around 1216-1217 the casttle was fleetingly occupied
by the Castilian troops, but approximately one year later the
captain Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Hud al-Yudami (who was the first
king of Murcia some years after), at the head of 500 men captured
the castle by surprise, climbing at night the steep rock and the
wall, killing to the Castilian sentry and forcing to surrender
to the defenders after setting fire to the door of the tower in
which they had looked for refuge.
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