Next stop was another medieval market town, Cuellar. It was a prosperous wool trading town in the middle ages, and was given by the king to the Duke of Albequerque as a birthday present. The Duke built the castle to safeguard his present, although he eventually lost both the castle and the town. The castle was used as a prison, a mental hospital and now a cheery girls' school, and since school was in session we couldn't really explore much of the castle.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
110. Cuellar
Next stop was another medieval market town, Cuellar. It was a prosperous wool trading town in the middle ages, and was given by the king to the Duke of Albequerque as a birthday present. The Duke built the castle to safeguard his present, although he eventually lost both the castle and the town. The castle was used as a prison, a mental hospital and now a cheery girls' school, and since school was in session we couldn't really explore much of the castle.
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Cuellar,
Segovia Province,
Spanish Castles
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