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Dominating the Cuadradilla hill in Baños de la Encina, Burgalimar Castle stands as a unique military jewel in Europe. Constructed in the year 968 AD by order of the Umayyad Caliph Al-Hakam II, this fortress is one of the best-preserved medieval strongholds on the continent, having endured almost intact for over a millennium. Its imposing rammed-earth walls, flanked by fourteen original Andalusian towers and a majestic Christian Keep added during the Reconquista, evoke the turbulent borderlands of medieval Spain. Walking its ancient ramparts offers a fascinating journey into the golden age of Al-Andalus and Spain’s heroic history.
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