page_title: List of castles in Spain
section_title: Sevilla
hierarchical_section_title: List of castles in Spain / Andalucía / Sevilla
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: All'interno del Real Alcazar di Siviglia. Stile Mudejar. English: In the Real Alcázar, in Seville. More Mudejar style, columns, cusped arches, Kufic script, water, symmetry, simply beautiful.
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 the King Don Pedro
  Alcázar Puerta de Sevilla, Carmona
  Alcazar of Alcalá de Guadaíra
  Alcázar of Seville
  Castle of Cote (Montellano)
  Castle of El Coronil
  Castle of El Real de la Jara
  Castle of Estepa
  Castle of las Aguzaderas (El Coronil)
  Castle of Lebrija
  Castle of Los Molares
  Castle of Luna (Mairena del Alcor)
  Castle of Marchenilla (Alcalá de Guadaíra)
  Castle of Morón de la Frontera
  Castle of Setefilla
  Castle of Utrera
  Tower Abd el Aziz
  Torre del Oro
  Torre de la Plata
  Tower of la Rijana
  Tower of los Herberos
caption: Alcázar of Seville
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