Castillo de Brozas

Brozas, Spain, Spain

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Castillo de Brozas is a 14th-century fortress in the town of Brozas, Cáceres province, Extremadura, Spain, originally built by the Order of Alcántara as the seat of its Encomienda Mayor to defend and repopulate the frontier after the Reconquista.

Its current form reflects 16th- and 17th-century reconstructions, including a robust keep tower from the early 1400s, bastioned walls with sloped ramparts for artillery defense against Portuguese incursions, Gothic doorways, porticoed patios with Tuscan columns, stables, and palace-like rooms bearing coats of arms from figures like Philip II and Juan de Zúñiga.

Played key roles in conflicts like repelling a 1397 Portuguese attack, the 1431 civil wars of the Order, and later wars of succession and independence, it now stands as private property with free exterior access, declared Spanish cultural heritage.