The castle of Calatrava la Vieja - El castillo de Calatrava la Vieja

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The Guadiana River as it passes by the castle of Calatrava la Vieja. A former Andalusian fortress that protected the city of Calatrava, this castle was the seat of an enclave of Knights Templar in the mid-12th century. When they abandoned it, less than a decade later, a new order of chivalry was founded to defend it from the Almohads, the first fully Hispanic order: the Order of Calatrava.

El río Guadiana a su paso por el castillo de Calatrava la Vieja. Antiguo alcázar andalusí, que protegía la ciudad de Calatrava, en este castillo tuvo su sede una encomienda de caballeros templarios a mediados del siglo XII. Cuando estos la abandonaron, menos de una década después, se fundó una nueva orden de caballería para defenderlo de los almohades, la primera totalmente hispánica: la orden de Calatrava.


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I love the castle and also the reflection, it is so light and flowing :)

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This time I used a slightly more realistic style than usual. Thank you, as always, for your kind words.

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