page_title: List of castles in Spain
section_title: Cáceres
hierarchical_section_title: List of castles in Spain / Extremadura / Cáceres
context_page_description: The castles in Spain were built mainly for the country's defense, particularly with respect to fortification. During the Middle Ages, northern Christian kingdoms had to secure their borders with their Muslim southern neighbours, thus forcing both Christian and Muslim kings to grant border fiefs to their liege noblemen so as to keep and maintain defensive fortresses. When the Reconquista advanced, those border castles lost their initial purpose, and, as in the rest of medieval Europe, they were used as noble residences and fief-keeps. Sporadic threats of war maintained their initial military purposes as enemy invasions were common. In some locations, such as the Basque country, fiefdoms did not exist as such, and noble families could not afford nor did they need huge fortresses, giving rise to many tower houses. In Muslim Spain many castle-palaces were built: the petty taifa kingdoms that arose after the fall of the Caliphate of Córdoba were militarily weak thus castles began taking on a more aesthetic purpose.
context_section_description: Alcázar of Alcántara
  Alcázar of Galisteo
  Alcázar of Plasencia
  Castle of Floripes
  Castle of Almaraz
  Castle of las Arguijuelas de Abajo
  Castle of las Arguijuelas de Arriba
  Castle of Arroyo de la Luz
  Castle of Belvís de Monroy
  Castle of Bernardo
  Castle of Brozas
  Castle of Cabañas del Castillo
  Castle of Cañamero
  Castle of Coria
  Castle of Eljas
  Castle of Granadilla
  Castle of Grimaldo
  Castle of Mayoralgo
  Castle of los Mogollones
  Castle of Mohedanos
  Castle of Monfragüe
  Castle of Monroy
  Castle of Montánchez
  Castle of la Peña del Acero
  Castle of Peñafiel (Zarza la Mayor)
  Castle of los Pizarro (Segura de la Sierra)
  Castle of Portezuelo
  Castle of Salor
  Castle of Salvaleón
  Castle of Santibáñez el Alto
  Castle of las Seguras
  Castle of Torremenga
  Castle of Trevejo
  Castle of Trujillo
  Castle of Valverde de la Vera
  Castle of Viandar de la Vera
  Castle Palace of the Counts of Oropesa or Castle of Jarandilla
  Palace of Sotofermoso
  Fortress of Aldea del Cano
  Tower of Bujaco
  Almenara of Gata
  Walls of Plasencia
caption: Tower of Bujaco
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