Arguijuelas de Arriba Castle, Cáceres, Spain

Arguijuelas de Arriba Castle was built in 1513-1550 by order of Don Diego de Ovando from Cáceres. It comprises a spacious square around which the main building stands. The walls have battlements and there is a tower on each of the four corners, three of which are round and one prismatic.

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