Mapa de Castilla la Nueva-Tomas Lopez 1785

New Castile ( ) is a historic region of

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. It roughly corresponds to the historic

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Taifa of Toledo, taken during the ''

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'' of the peninsula by

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and thus becoming the southern part of Castile. The extension of New Castile was formally defined after the

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, Cuenca,

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and Toledo. Key to the reconquest of New Castile were the capture of Toledo in 1085, ending the Taifa's Kingdom of Toledo, and the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212. It continued to be called the Kingdom of Toledo when it was in the

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. Then, it started to be called New Castile in the 18th century. ''New Castile'' is separated from '' Old Castile'' to the north by the Sistema Central range of mountains. In the current territorial division of Spain, it covers the autonomous communities of

and Castile–La Mancha (which also includes

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External links

Jerónimo López-Salazar Pérez, ''La Historia Rural en Castilla la Nueva y Extremadura'', Ed. Univ. de Salamanca ''Castilla la Nueva;'' (1885)
by Quadrado, José María, 1819–1896; Fuente, Vicente de la, 1817–1889, History of Castile Castilla–La Mancha Geography of Castilla–La Mancha Historical regions {{Spain-geo-stub

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