{"id":216122,"date":"2025-02-11T11:39:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T10:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/castillodealmodovar.com\/historia-del-castillo\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T14:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T13:12:16","slug":"castle-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/castillodealmodovar.com\/en\/castle-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Castle History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"216122\" class=\"elementor elementor-216122 elementor-174521\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-024c24f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"024c24f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dafbc8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dafbc8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"725\" height=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/castillodealmodovar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-historia-titulo.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-176461\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/castillodealmodovar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-historia-titulo.png 725w, https:\/\/castillodealmodovar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-historia-titulo-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/castillodealmodovar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-historia-titulo-600x150.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3671bb elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3671bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>More than thirteen centuries of the<br \/>Castle of Almod\u00f3var<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-998da68 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"998da68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>More than thirteen centuries of Almod\u00f3var Castle<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6c7308 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6c7308\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Discover the origins and history of one of Spain&#8217;s most magnificent fortresses, of Arab origin, built around 740 in the village of Almod\u00f3var del R\u00edo, located in the province of C\u00f3rdoba<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf05629 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bf05629\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d3ca3e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1d3ca3e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8667b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d8667b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The village of <strong>Almod\u00f3var del R\u00edo<\/strong>, located in the province of C\u00f3rdoba, played an important role in the defence of the city due to its strategic location <strong>on a hill some 252 metres high next to the River Guadalquivir<\/strong>, which was navigable by small boats at that time. Traces of <strong>multiple cultures<\/strong>, including Muslim and Christian, have left their mark on the architectural style of this unique building. In the 9th century, Almod\u00f3var del R\u00edo was known as <strong>Almudawar Al-Adna.<\/strong> During the 10th century, it was closely linked to the Caliphate of C\u00f3rdoba, before becoming part of the Taifa of Carmona in the 11th and 12th centuries, then the Taifa of Seville, and finally the <strong>Almohad Empire<\/strong>.<\/p><p><strong>The Moorish King Abed Mohammed of Baeza<\/strong> died at the gates of the castle in 1226, the year in which the fortress fell into Christian hands when it was surrendered to <strong>Fernando III \u2018The Saint\u2019<\/strong>. Since then, the castle has undergone successive extensions by the Castilian kings Pedro I of Castile and Henry II of Trast\u00e1mara. King <strong>Alfonso XI<\/strong> also took part in these extensions.<\/p><p>Almod\u00f3var Castle has witnessed many events throughout its history. Its walls served as a <strong>prison for Do\u00f1a Juana de Lara<\/strong> (wife of Infante D. Tello, half-brother of King Pedro I) and as a repository for the <strong>treasures of Castilla<\/strong>, while its dungeons witnessed the agony of illustrious prisoners such as the 1st <strong>Duke of Benavente<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77530cf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"77530cf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-141e290 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"141e290\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7200f53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7200f53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" 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https:\/\/castillodealmodovar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-historia-fotos2.jpg 1343w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cec3b0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2cec3b0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ff9ca2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2ff9ca2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"841\" src=\"https:\/\/castillodealmodovar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-historia_0002_Fondo-1024x841.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-176492\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/castillodealmodovar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-historia_0002_Fondo-1024x841.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/castillodealmodovar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-historia_0002_Fondo-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/castillodealmodovar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-historia_0002_Fondo-768x631.jpg 768w, https:\/\/castillodealmodovar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-historia_0002_Fondo-600x493.jpg 600w, https:\/\/castillodealmodovar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-historia_0002_Fondo.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-704e04a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"704e04a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e994ee e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2e994ee\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f5051e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f5051e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>12th Count of Torralva: Mr Rafael<br \/>Desmaissieres y Farina, owner and<br \/>restorer of Almod\u00f3var Castle<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ea7908 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ea7908\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Mr Rafael Desmaissi\u00e8res y Farina<\/strong>, son of the 8th Marquises of La Motilla, Mr Miguel \u00c1ngel Desmaissi\u00e8res y Fern\u00e1ndez de Santill\u00e1n and Mrs Josefa Farina Plasencia, was born in 1853 and inherited the County of Torralva at the age of 29, becoming the 12th count to hold the title.<\/p><p>His curiosity and restlessness led him to travel around the world at that time, visiting destinations such as New York City and countries such as Japan, about which he made countless notes in his travel journals, as well as taking photographs of every corner. He also acquired completely novel artefacts of the time, such as a velocipede, and all those inventions that aroused his constant interest. With his varied interests, <strong>he organised<\/strong> <strong>the first rowing club on the Guadalquivir River<\/strong>, which he alternated with the theatre.<\/p><p><strong>At the end of the 19th century<\/strong>, the Count of Torralva made his first visits to the Almod\u00f3var fortress together with his good friend and prestigious architect, <strong>Mr. Adolfo Fern\u00e1ndez Casanova<\/strong>. Impressed by the deterioration and state of ruin of this marvellous fortress, and aware of its importance as part of the history of Andalusia and Spain, they decided to undertake <strong>the biggest project of their lives<\/strong>, to which they would devote all their time and money to restore it to the impressive monument that today crowns <strong>the watchtower of the municipality of Almod\u00f3var del R\u00edo<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14e122b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"14e122b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d09e77 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8d09e77\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43f14bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43f14bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><div id=\"twenty20-1\" class=\"twenty20\" style=\"width: 100% !important; clear: both;\"><div class=\"twentytwenty-container twenty20-1 \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/castillodealmodovar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-3-antes.jpg\" alt=\"Before image\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/castillodealmodovar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-3-despues.jpg\" alt=\"After image\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-199183a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"199183a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c3054c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c3054c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><div id=\"twenty20-2\" class=\"twenty20\" style=\"width: 100% !important; clear: both;\"><div class=\"twentytwenty-container twenty20-2 \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/castillodealmodovar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-4-antes.jpg\" alt=\"Before image\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/castillodealmodovar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-4-despues.jpg\" alt=\"After image\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f39bd9a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f39bd9a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d18d1e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d18d1e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><div id=\"twenty20-3\" class=\"twenty20\" style=\"width: 100% !important; clear: both;\"><div class=\"twentytwenty-container twenty20-3 \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/castillodealmodovar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-5-antes.jpg\" alt=\"Before image\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/castillodealmodovar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-5-despues.jpg\" alt=\"After image\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9430a37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9430a37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Work began in 1901.<\/strong> The first steps involved constructing a road using drills and dynamite, as the castle had no access route. This was the first step in moving the enormous <strong>blocks of stone<\/strong> that would be used to restore the walls, battlements and towers. Around <strong>6,000 m3 of stone from different quarries<\/strong> was used throughout the restoration. Thus began the work that would last <strong>until the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War<\/strong>. Some<strong> 800 workers<\/strong> worked to rebuild this monument over a period of 36 years. Despite the economic crisis the country was experiencing, the First World War and the continuous political changes, the Count of Torralva provided many years of economic stability to the town of Almod\u00f3var during the reconstruction period through the almost 240,000 days of work that were invested in the works. For more than a quarter of a century, <strong>almost the entire town of Almod\u00f3var participated in the reconstruction <\/strong>and recovery of the province&#8217;s heritage and history.<\/p><p>Unfortunately, neither the architect of the project, <strong>Adolfo Fern\u00e1ndez Casanova<\/strong>, nor the <strong>Count of Torralva<\/strong> himself would see their project completed, as they <strong>died in 1914 and 1932<\/strong> respectively. The Count of Torralva could hardly have imagined the significance of his work, and that it would attract numerous visitors from Spain and around the world, once again giving the town of Almod\u00f3var the prominence it enjoys to this day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b40a7fb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b40a7fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97c337d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"97c337d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9911cff e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9911cff\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd64fff elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dd64fff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/castillodealmodovar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-historia-arquitecto.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-176504\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/castillodealmodovar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-historia-arquitecto.jpg 679w, https:\/\/castillodealmodovar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-historia-arquitecto-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/castillodealmodovar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-historia-arquitecto-600x276.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-000ef6b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"000ef6b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58bc935 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58bc935\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mr Adolfo Fern\u00e1ndez<br \/>Casanova:<br \/>Architect of the<br \/>reconstruction of<br \/>Almod\u00f3var Castle<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-727a823 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"727a823\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mr Adolfo Fern\u00e1ndez Casanova: Architect of the reconstruction of Almod\u00f3var Castle<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21ec7a4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"21ec7a4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4bcc43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4bcc43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Adolfo Fern\u00e1ndez Casanova<\/strong>, architect of the reconstruction of Almod\u00f3var Castle, was born in Pamplona on 14 January 1844 and died on 11 August 1915. Among his <strong>main architectural works<\/strong> was the restoration of <strong>Seville Cathedral<\/strong>. The architect&#8217;s work and technical expertise, together with that of the Count of Torralva, played a key role in the restoration of Almod\u00f3var Castle. 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