Santa Gadea del Cid Castle, Santa Gadea del Cid, Spain

The small and picturesque town of Santa Gadea del Cid grew around its castle built in the 11th century and reformed in the 15th century by Pedro López de los Manrique.

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Jabier Bergara (6 months ago)
I saw people in the tower but I don't know how or where they arranged the visit...

Ruben García Ruiz (8 months ago)
It is good to visit the town in general

Brown Young (11 months ago)
It's a beauty. That I must confess. You can literally see the whole town when you look down the castle

ROSA Mª SUERO FONDON (12 months ago)
Nice town to visit, a few kilometers from Miranda de Ebro

Josep Bertran (4 years ago)
Pequeña población, limpia y ordenada, con los restos de un castillo medieval en lo alto, que resulta encantador visitar en la hora de la puesta del sol. Resulta evocador y vagamente misterioso

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Sigmaringen Castle was first mentioned in the year 1077 in the chronicles of Petershausen monastery. The oldest parts of the castle are concealed beneath the alterations made during the 17th and the 19th centuries. The secret of the earliest settlement built on this defendable rock will never be fully revealed: large-scale excavation work would be necessary, which the extensive land development renders impossible. Judging from the many Roman remains unearthed in the area around Sigmaringen, the 12th century keep known as the 'Roman Tower' could be traced back to a Roman predecessor.

The castle remains that have been preserved (gate, great hall and keep) date back to the Staufer period around 1200. The castle remains were integrated into subsequent buildings. The foundations of the castle buildings are to a large extent identical to the surrounding castle wall.

These remains give us a good idea of how the castle might have looked during the 12th century.

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