page_title: List of castles in Spain
section_title: Valladolid
hierarchical_section_title: List of castles in Spain / Castile and León / Valladolid
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Castillo de los Enríquez, Burg von Torrelobatón in Torrelobatón in der Provinz Valladolid (Kastilien-León/Spanien)
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: Castle of Alaejos
  Castle of Barcial de la Loma
  Castle of Canillas de Esgueva
  Castle of Castromembibre
  Castle of Castroverde de Cerrato
  Castle of Curiel de Duero
  Castle of Encinas de Esgueva
  Castle of Foncastín
  Castle of Fuensaldaña (Fuensaldaña)
  Castle of Fuente el Sol
  Castle of Íscar
  Castle of La Mota
  Castle of Montealegre de Campos (Montealegre de Campos)
  Castle of Mucientes
  Castle of Peñafiel
  Castle of Portillo
  Castle of San Pedro de Latarce
  Castle of Simancas (Simancas)
  Castle of Tiedra
  Castle of Tordehumos
  Castle of Torrelobatón (Torrelobatón)
  Castle of Trigueros del Valle
  Castle of Urueña (Urueña)
  Castle of Villafuerte de Esgueva
  Castle of Villagarcia de Campos
  Castle of Villalba de los Alcores
  Castle of Villavellid
  Castle-Palace of Curiel de Duero or Castle-Palace of los Zúñiga
  Walls of Curiel de Duero (Curiel de Duero)
  Walls of Mayorga (Mayorga)
  Walls of Medina de Rioseco (Medina de Rioseco)
  Walls of Medina del Campo (Medina del Campo)
  Walls of Olmedo (Olmedo)
  Walls of Peñafiel (Peñafiel)
  Walls of Portillo (Portillo)
  Walls of Tordesillas (Tordesillas)
  Walls of Torrelobatón (Torrelobatón)
  Walls of Tudela de Duero (Tudela de Duero)
  Walls of Urueña (Urueña)
  Walls of Valbuena de Duero (Valbuena de Duero)
  Walls of Valladolid (Valladolid)
  Walls of Villabrágima (Villabrágima)
  Walls of Villalba de los Alcores (Villalba de los Alcores)
caption: Castle of Torrelobatón
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