The Castle of Nalda is a
medieval building located in
Nalda
Nalda is a municipality of the autonomous community of La Rioja (Spain). It is located near the capital, Logroño. Its population in January 2006 was 1,074 inhabitants over a 24.6 square kilometre area.
History
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La Rioja (Spain)
La Rioja () is an autonomous community and province in Spain, in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. Its capital is Logroño. Other cities and towns in the province include Calahorra, Arnedo, Alfaro, Haro, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and Nà ...
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History
The first accounts of the castle of Nalda date from 1299. However its origin may be prior to that date, given its strategic location the defensive system of the
Iregua valley, against the muslim ruling.
In the 14th century its destiny was linked to the family RamÃrez de Arellano becoming the center of power of a vast territory, the
Lordship of Cameros, in an area that stretched from the north of the modern province of Soria to the
Ebro valley
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When the military and strategic needs changed, it was used as administrative building. It disappeared with the abolition of the dominions at the beginning of the 19th century; it was used as a quarry, its materials were plundered and rubble ended up covering the old fortress. The hill was finally conditioned as
threshing floor
Threshing (thrashing) was originally "to tramp or stamp heavily with the feet" and was later applied to the act of separating out grain by the feet of people or oxen and still later with the use of a flail. A threshing floor is of two main type ...
and small family stone wine cellars were excavated.
In the year 2012 the Town Hall of Nalda and Islallana proposed conditioning the hilltop of the castle as a viewpoint. Its toponym and the limited remains of visible structures of it made an archeological intervention necessary, where several remains were found, and it became a starting point for the excavation, study and restoration of the former fortress.
External links
Oficial website of the Town Hall of Nalda and Islallana: Castle of Nalda, Lord of Cameros
Castles in La Rioja
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