Castillo de Almodóvar del Río

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The Castillo de Almodóvar del Río (also called Castillo de la Floresta ) is a well-preserved and beautifully restored castle in Andalusia, Spain. It is located approximately 24 km west of Córdoba near the town of Almodovar del Río. For guided tours are offered.

History

It was built in the 8th century by the Arabs for strategic reasons and completed in the 12th century. Due to its location on a hill they controlled a substantial portion of the Guadalquivir. That's why she asked for the Christian troops of the Reconquista in the 13th century also an important objective support systems and in 1362 was Peter I of Castile, called the Cruel, restore the castle. He respected the investment of the fortress; because even though the ruler fought against the Kingdom of the Nasrid - the last refuge of the Arabs in Andalusia - he admired the Arabic poetry, arts and science greatly. So he Christian was, he let himself " Sultan " name and " Arabized " his palace in Seville, the Alcázar: artificial inscriptions from pseudo- Arabic letters and geometric decor, he let make by artists of the Alhambra in Granada, which he Nasrid the ruler " on loan " to the website provided. Under his reign the castle Almodóvar won numerous Donjons and a double crowned by battlements enclosures; she kept herself so that the peculiarities of Arab fortifications. Finally, there were also Mudejars - Muslim subjects in Christian countries - who did the renovations. And the mighty towers of conditioning remember as a matter of course to the fort and the wall of the Alhambra in Granada. At the beginning of the 20th century, Spain experienced a revival of Moorish art: Like many medieval castles in Europe also Almodóvar del Río was restored again.

In this castle you have for the first time staged the tragedy of " El Rey Don Pedro el Cruel ," from the English language there is also a version ( "King Peter the Cruel ").