Friday, November 14

Mombeltran Castle, Spain

Mombeltran castle is in Sierra de Gredos in Avila Province of Spain.
Sierra de Gredso is a mountain range in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula. This includes a real mountain area situated between the villages Avila, Caceres, Toledo and the Spanish capital Madrid. Sierra de Gredos has a State  National Park because of its beautiful scenery and some very important historical monuments are located in the region.
One of the jewels in the historic part of Spain is the historical medieval fortress Mombeltrane. It was built between 1462 and 1474 by Don Beltran de lea Cueva the first Duke of Alburquerque. Mombeltran castle stands intact to theis place ffrom the time when built by the rulers of castile in the Middle Ages and was also the favorite of Henry IV. The history of the fortress  began in 1461 when it was built on the hill of Sierra de Gredos. It is a solid construction and rugged in the upper part of towers still intact.
In the mid of 15th century when the castle was built, Mombeltran was conceived not only as a hard defensive fortress, but  it should serve as a palace, with the result that it was rich with quite luxurious furnished rooms. Today Mombeltran Castle remains one of the most impressive castles in Spain