Castillo de Belalcázar (also, castillo de los Sotomayor Zúñiga y Madróñiz, or castillo de Gahete or castillo de Gafiq) is a
Gothic
Gothic or Gothics may refer to:
People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
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castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
in the city of
Belalcázar,
province of Córdoba, southern Spain. It was established in the second half of the 15th century.
References
* Valverde Candil, Mercedes y Toledo Ortiz, Felipe. Los castillos de Córdoba. Córdoba : Asociación de Amigos de Córdoba, D.L. 1985
* León Muñoz, Alberto. LAS FORTALEZAS DE BELALCAZAR (CORDOBA): ANALISIS ARQUEOLOGICO DE SU ARQUITECTURA (S. IX-XIX). Diputación Provincial de Córdoba.
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Castles in Andalusia
Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Córdoba (Spain)
15th-century establishments in Spain