Exterior of the old castle, national historical archive, in the village of Simancas, Valladolid province, Castile and Leon, Spain, Europe


The castle consists of two rooms. The outdoor area is pentagonal and consists of thick walls and cylindrical buckets along the inner bank of the wide moat surrounding the complex. The indoor enclosure suffered many changes to adapt to the role of File. It retains the original chapel of the fifteenth century. El castillo consta de dos recintos. El recinto exterior tiene forma pentagonal y está formado por lienzos de muralla y cubos cilíndricos a lo largo del terraplén interno del amplio foso que rodea al conjunto. El recinto interior sufrió muchas transformaciones para adaptarse a la función de Archivo. Se conserva la capilla original del siglo XV.


Size: 4917px × 3426px
Location: Simancas, Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Photo credit: © Teo Moreno Moreno / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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