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- List_of_castles_in_Spain abstract "Castles in Spain were built mainly for defensive purposes. During the Middle Ages, northern Christian kingdoms had to secure their borders with their Muslim southern neighbours, thus forcing both Christian and Muslim kings to grant border fiefs to their liege noblemen so as to keep and maintain defensive fortresses. When the Reconquista advanced, those border castles lost their initial purpose, and, as in the rest of medieval Europe, they were used as noble residences and fief-keeps. However, due to sporadic threats of war, they kept their military purposes, for enemy invasions were common. In some locations, such as the Basque country, fiefdoms did not exist as such, and noble families could not afford nor did they need huge fortresses, giving rise to many tower houses. On the other hand, in Muslim Spain many castle-palaces were built: the petty taifa kingdoms that arose after the fall of the Caliphate of Córdoba were militarily weak but culturally rich, and every emir or king liked magnificent palaces, of which the Alhambra of Granada is an example. During the late Middle Ages, Christian kingdoms had secured and enriched themselves well enough to support a more courtly lifestyle, so more residential castles were built, such as the Alcázar of Segovia, which was used as the main residence of the kings of Castile, whereas the Castle of Olite, built in a luxurious gothic style, was the seat of the Kingdom of Navarre's royal court.After the Conquest of Granada in 1492, the Catholic monarchs ordered all the castles in their realms to be handed over to the Crown. Although the order was not completely carried out, the War of the Germanias, a rebellion against king Charles V in the early 16th century, forced the new Spanish Habsburg dynasty to continue the process, and many castles were demolished as well. Most of castles in Spain were successively abandoned and dismantled, Spanish kings fearing noble and peasant revolts, especially in the newly conquered lands. Accordingly, most of them are nowadays in a state of decay, and although some restoration work has been done, the number of former castles is so large that the Spanish government lacks both the resources and the will to restore them all.Nowadays in Spain there are around 2500 castles corresponding only to this kind of fortification.This is a list of castles in Spain.".
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- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink A_Coruña.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink A_Estrada.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink A_Fonsagrada.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink A_Laracha.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink A_Peroxa.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink A_Pobra_do_Caramiñal.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Abegondo.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Agolada.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Agoncillo,_La_Rioja.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Albacete.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcalá_de_Guadaíra.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcalá_del_Júcar_Castle.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcazaba_and_Castle_of_Tudela.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcazaba_of_Almería.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcazaba_of_Antequera.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcazaba_of_Badajoz.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcazaba_of_Baza.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcazaba_of_Guadix.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcazaba_of_Lleida.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcazaba_of_Loja.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcazaba_of_Málaga.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcazaba_of_Mérida.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcazaba_of_Reina.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcazaba_of_Salobreña.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcazaba_of_Vélez-Málaga.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcazaba_of_Wabda.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcazaba_of_Zorita.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcazar_of_Alcalá_de_Guadaíra.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcazar_of_Jerez_de_la_Frontera.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcázar_Genil.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcázar_Puerta_de_Sevilla.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcázar_Real_de_Guadalajara.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcázar_de_los_Reyes_Cristianos.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcázar_of_Alcántara.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcázar_of_Galisteo.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcázar_of_Milmanda.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcázar_of_Plasencia.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcázar_of_Salamanca.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcázar_of_Segovia.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcázar_of_Seville.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcázar_of_Toledo.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alcázar_of_the_King_Don_Pedro.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alfayat_of_la_Peña.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alfoz.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alhambra.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alicante.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Alija_del_Infantado.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Aljafería.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Allariz.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Almanza.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Almenara_of_Gata.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Almería.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Andalusia.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Angón.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Antas_de_Ulla.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Antoñana.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Arab_Walls_of_Ágreda.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Aragon.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Arco_de_Santa_María.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Arco_de_la_Cárcel.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Arzúa.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink As_Nogais.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Asmesnal.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Asturias.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Atalaya_Castle_(Spain).
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Atalaya_de_Arrebatacapas.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Atalaya_de_El_Berrueco.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Atalaya_de_El_Vellón.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Atalaya_de_Saleres.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Atalaya_de_Torrelodones.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Atalaya_de_Venturada.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Atalaya_of_Cónchar.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Atalaya_of_La_Solana.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Atalaya_of_San_Miguel_(Almería).
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Atalaya_of_Sierra_Bermeja.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Atalaya_of_Sierra_Encantada.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Atalaya_of_la_Cantera_de_Valentín.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Atalaya_of_la_Mesa.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Atalaya_of_la_Porqueriza.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Atalaya_of_la_Sierra_del_Muerto.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Atalaya_of_los_Casares.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Atalaya_of_the_Campo-Botardo.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Atalaya_of_the_Castle_of_Guimerà.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Atalaya_of_the_Perdigal.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Atanzón.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Atienza.
- List_of_castles_in_Spain wikiPageWikiLink Auñón.