I don't know whose idea it was to restore the northwest tower so badly, a crime in plain sight...
Today they are working on the "restoration" of the barbican.
Alfonso II, in 877, failed to conquer the fortress of Portezuelo.
In the month of July 997, when Almanzor crossed the Alconeter bridge
and through Coria and the castle of Portezuelo he reached Santiago
of Compostela.
Conquered by Ferdinand II of León in
1166 and lost in 96.
In 1219 Diego Sánchez, master of Alcántara, took it again: “he left Çamora with a large army against
the Moors who still had much of Estremadura belonging to their
conquest and the master with his knights and vassals joined the king in the
city of Coria. From there the army left together and laid siege to a castle.
called Portillo, which were a Sierra not far from Ceclavin. They beat him for
combat and captured more than two hundred Moors in it."
According to sources, the castle had an Arab and Christian population until 1386.

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Location: Portezuelo, Coria, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain

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