Sádaba Castle
Sadaba Castle lies, in a village by the same name, in the province of Zaragoza in Spain.
On a little hill in the village of Sádaba lies one of the more interesting castles in Aragon. Sadaba Castle has a rigorous geometric groundplan; a rectangle of about 1000 square meters of space, which separates it significantly from so many castles in this region where the irregularity prevails. Although there does exist a document dating back to 1125, by King Alfonso I, that mentions "the new castle that was build in the land of Sádaba", it's unlikely that it refers to this present building. The architectural style of the castle reveals that it must have been built in the first half of the 13th century. The lands of Sádaba where then held by the Alascún family against King Jaime I of Aragón and Sancho VII of Navarre. It was possibly the last one who took control of the village around 1223 and who ordered the present castle to be build.
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Sádaba Castle is a castle in Sádaba, Aragon, eastern Spain, located some 90 kilometres (56 mi) north of Zaragoza.
The castle is mentioned for the first time in a document from 1125, although the architectural structure suggests it was built in the first half of the 13th century. It is a typical Middle Ages castle with Cistercian-style decorations, tall walls and seven square towers. Inside is a courtyard with a large rainwater tank in the middle and a chapel in the corner. It is not known who built it, but it is suspected that Sancho VII of Navarre ordered it to be built. At the sides of the castle are the remains of two large halls, which probably were two stories high. It measures 38 by 30 metres (125 ft × 98 ft).
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