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Templar Castle of Ponferrada

Name: Templar Castle of Ponferrada
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Location: Ponferrada, Bierzo, León, Castile and León, Spain

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1. Las Medulas from Ponferrada - gravel circular through the Montes Aquilianos

58.5km

04:48

1,520m

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2. El Bierzo – circular from Ponferrada through Cabañas Raras, Canedo and Cacabelos

50.0km

03:11

530m

520m

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3. Villafranca del Bierzo – Ascent to O Cebreiro loop from Ponferrada

100km

06:42

1,460m

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BigJoe

September 16, 2020

The Templar castle is located in what was probably originally a Celtic castro, in a position similar to that of others in El Bierzo. Later it is believed that it was a Roman and Visigoth site.
It is Romanesque in style.
More at bigjoe.es/etapa-1-de-nuestro-camino-de-santiago-ponferrada-herrerias

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Doradel🌅🚲🚲🚲🎶

January 20, 2019

Parts of the old Templar castle, which used to offer protection to pilgrims, are still very well preserved and can be visited. The old Templar library is also impressive; she has also exhibited Gutenberg Bibles.

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Willem VS

September 6, 2022

Declared a National Historic-Artistic Monument in 1924
Construction period: s. XI - XV
When Ponferrada became dependent on the Order of the Temple in 1178 by donation from the kings of León, the Templars found a small fortress that was originally a castro and later a Roman citadel.
They extend and improve it as a defense of the Camino de Santiago, which is completed in 1282.
The castle we know today is the result of a long series of expansions.
The reforms and additions vary from the first plan near the square of the early twelfth century to the last areas built in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.
Subsequent additions, such as the stables in 1848 and the numerous reforms carried out since the early twentieth century, have contributed to the complexity of the complex as we know it today.
The shields and coats of arms of those who occupied it and contributed to its construction are evidence of its various stages.
ponferrada.org/turismo/es/monumentos/castillo-templarios

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Location: Ponferrada, Bierzo, León, Castile and León, Spain

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Templar Castle of Ponferrada

1. Las Medulas from Ponferrada - gravel circular through the Montes Aquilianos

2. El Bierzo – circular from Ponferrada through Cabañas Raras, Canedo and Cacabelos

3. Villafranca del Bierzo – Ascent to O Cebreiro loop from Ponferrada

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