{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Club Villamar","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/blog","author_name":"Club Villamar","author_url":"https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/blog\/author\/marketing\/","title":"Famous Castles in Spain - Club Villamar","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"W0BWVqV4tB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/blog\/spain\/famous-castles-in-spain\/\">Famous Castles in Spain<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/blog\/spain\/famous-castles-in-spain\/embed\/#?secret=W0BWVqV4tB\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Famous Castles in Spain&#8221; &#8212; Club Villamar\" data-secret=\"W0BWVqV4tB\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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Moreover it is placed 52 km from the city Alicante. It\u00a0rises above the Vinolpo River.\u00a0Larger part of the castle is in ruins.\u00a0It was built on the ruins of the Roman military fortress in the first century. The castle was conquered by Jaime I in the second half of the thirteenth century. Later it became the seat of the Marquess Villene in the fifteenth century.\u00a0From that period dates a massive quadrangle tower, which is the main tower of the castle.\u00a0It was built in Gothic style on the remains of the Arab buildings. Villene walls consist of double walls with twelve towers and the main tower of the castle (dungeon).\u00a0Exterior walls were built in the fifteenth century and the internal walls were built by the Arabs. Javier Javier is located in the province of Navarre about 30 km southeast of Pamplona.\u00a0Javier is an example of Spanish military architecture. It was built in the 10th century as an Arab fortress.\u00a0The elements of Arabic architecture were changed during the centuries. The modern name was attributed to it in 1506, when San Francis of Xavier was born there. Loarre Loarre is located about 40 km north-west of the town of Huesca.\u00a0The castle is located in Suerra de Gratal, an isolated region deeply situated on the slopes of the Pyrenees. It is believed that the name derives from the old Loarre language and it means stone castle or fortress. Today, the earliest discovered architectural remains of the castle are from the Roman period.\u00a0In the Roman period this region was known as Caesaraugusta.\u00a0Roman Fortress Loarre fell under the rule of the Visigoths at the time of the dark period in Spain. The fortress was neglected for nearly three centuries until the Arabs conquered it in 711.\u00a0Arabs called it Zuda. They also invaded and restored the remains of the Roman structures.  Today, however, there is no visible evidence of the Arab occupation of Loarre. The earliest reliable data on the reconstruction of the castle is from 1070. King of Aragon reconstructed it and declared it as the capital.\u00a0In 1071,\u00a0King Ramirez began the construction of the monastery of the Holy Order. The construction of the church continued in the twelfth century. Olit Olit is located about 30 km south of Pamplona. In the Roman period it was an important military fortress. It has strengthened Roman towers and fragmentary Roman walls surrounding the old city.\u00a0Information about the great medieval fortress is from the 10th century. Olit, with high, thin and elegant towers and domes is an excellent example of Gothic military architecture. This castle is also an example of the first moving artillery in Europe."}