| Castle of Barcience | |
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| Castillo de Barcience | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Castle |
| Town or city | Barcience |
| Country | Spain |
| Coordinates | 39°59′23″N 4°13′47″W / 39.98972°N 4.22972°W / 39.98972; -4.22972 |
| Owner | Private property |
The Castle of Barcience is castle in Barcience, Spain. It was a stronghold of the House of Silva.
History and description
It was built from scratch in the 15th century. Erected on a small elevation of the terrain, it consists of a ortogonal main body, with two circular towers in the Western corners and two square towers in the Eastern corners, with the NE one being the largest one. One of the towers displays a relief depicting a lion rampant, the sigil of the house of Silva.
Despite the status of Bien de Interés Cultural via the generic 1949 decree on the protection of the castles of Spain, the building has been however left in a situation of complete abandonment by the owners, losing pieces of the structure and enduring graffiti.
References
- Citations
- Azcárate y Ristori 1948, p. 248.
- ^ Azcárate y Ristori 1948, p. 275.
- "Castillo de Barcience" (PDF). Real Academia de Bellas Artes y Ciencias Históricas de Toledo.
- Bibliography
- Azcárate y Ristori, José Mª de (1948). "Castillos toledanos del siglo XV" (PDF). Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Excursiones. LII. Sociedad Española de Excursiones: 245–278. ISSN 1697-6762 – via Autonomous University of Barcelona.
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