Castle of Alcañices

Castillo de Alcañices
Alcañices in Spain
Clock Tower of Alcañices, a part of the castle
Type Castle
Site information
Open to
the public		 no
Site history
Built 1211 (1211)
Garrison information
Garrison Templar Order
Occupants Alfonso IX of León

The castle of Alcañices is a castle located in Alcañices, Zamora, one of the four fortress located in the north of the Duero.[1]

In 1210[2] it belonged to the Templar Order until its dissolution.[1] The king Alfonso IX of León gave the castle to the templars in 1211,[3] where there was celebrated the great victories of the order.[1] Nowadays only ruins are preserved.[1]

Referencias

  1. 1 2 3 4 Historia (October 22, 2015). "Apéndice I. Los lugares del Temple". In Martínez, Gemma; Mínguez, Nines. Templarios. Del origen de las cruzadas al final de la Orden del Temple (1st ed.). Madrid: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S. A. U. p. 417. ISBN 9788401015731.
  2. ↑ Castillos de España. II. León: Editorial Everest, S.A. 1997. p. 1.287.
  3. ↑ Martínez Díez, Gonzalo. Los Templarios en la Corona de Castilla (1st ed.). Burgos: La Olmeda, D.L. p. 103. ISBN 9788460462774.

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