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Castillo de los Condes de Saldaña
Spain, Spain
Castillo de los Condes de Saldaña is a ruined medieval fortress on a hilltop overlooking the town of Saldaña in Palencia province, Spain, with origins tracing back to Roman, Visigothic, and Arab periods before its conquest by Alfonso I.
Key to early Castilian history, it housed Queen Urraca's death in 1126 and served as the seat of powerful counts during the Reconquista's frontier wars. Now reduced to evocative remnants of towers and walls, it symbolizes Saldaña's strategic past amid the Tierra de Campos plains, near Roman villa sites like La Olmeda.
Location
C. Hospital, 7, 34100 Saldaña, Palencia, Spain
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