The Peracense Castle has an exceptional history that spans several eras and societies. This impressive castle, built in the 13th century, took advantage of the natural conditions of the terrain and played a fundamental role in the defense of the kingdom of Aragon during the wars with Castile. A fascinating visit to the past! 🏰
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The Peracense castle is one of the most beautiful and unknown Aragonese castles. Surrounded by a unique natural environment, its builders took advantage of the original topography of the land to build a first-rate defensive enclave. It sits on a strongly steep rocky extension of rodeno, which belongs to the southern end of Sierra Menera, next to the San Ginés hill.
Its average elevation is 1,365 meters above sea level.
This fortress is made up of three concentric enclosures that sit on outcrops of red sandstone (Buntsandstein micaceous), which were partially pitted and modified to improve the defense. Precisely this sandstone (rodeno), in the form of megaliths, masonry and ashlars laid with lime or gypsum mortars, is the material mainly used in the construction of the walls of this fortress. Wood was used to a lesser extent and always in beams and almojayas.
Its character as a privileged watchtower allows optical links in nearby enclaves such as Monreal del Campo, Bueña, Aguatón, Singra and Cerro de San Ginés.
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