Jadraque Castle
The Castle of Jadraque (Spanish: Castillo de Jadraque) is a castle in the municipality of Jadraque, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It sits on a hill commanding the plain of the Henares river. It is sometimes called "Castle of Cid" as it is mentioned in the poem Cantar del Mio Cid.
Built in ashlar stone, it has a rectangular shape with a perimeter of 240 metres. It has four round and one rectangular tower.
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Jadraque Castle lies next to the village of the same name, in the valley of the river Henares, somewhat in the middle of the province of Guadalajara in Spain.
Jadraque Castle dates back to the 10th century when it was built by the Moors who named it Xaradraq. Maybe this castle was preceded by a Roman fortification as the valley of the river Henares was part of the 'Via Augusta', a Roman road leading from Mérida to Zaragoza. The castle is also known as 'the Castle of El Cid' as tradition has it that it was conquered by El Cid; the Castilian knight Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar. If this really happened is unknown but the castle certainly existed in his times as it was taken from the Moors by Christian forces in 1085. After that it fell under the jurisdiction of the Lords of Atienza.
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