Castillo de la Mota is one of the most beautiful medieval fortresses in Spain — a magnificent 15th-century castle in the town of Medina del Campo, Valladolid province, Castile and León, built from the region’s distinctive red brick in the Mudéjar style and considered one of the finest examples of military architecture in the Kingdom […]
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Kolossi Castle is one of the most significant medieval monuments in Cyprus — a imposing 15th-century Crusader tower house near Limassol, surrounded by flowering bougainvillea and citrus groves, that served as the Grand Commandery of the Knights Hospitaller (Knights of St. John) and was the centre of the island’s sugar and wine production during the […]
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