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At the end of the 12th century the borders between Christians and Moors had already movd about 100 km southwards and after Las Navas de Tolosa in the 13th century, only the Kingdom of Granada, which became a vassal state of Castile, remained non-Christian. Therefore, neither had the Castle of Zafra strategic importance in the Moor-Christian border nor ended the completion of the Recqonquista its significance. However, since the 12th century, it played a significant role in the quarrels between Christian lords, namely the Lord of Molina and the King of Castile, and the latter and the King of Aragon.

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The Castle of Zafra is a 12th-century castle located in the municipality of Campillo de Dueñas, in the Spanish province of Guadalajara. Built in the late 12th or early 13th century on a sandstone outcrop in the Sierra de Caldereros, it stands on the site of a former Visigothic and Moorish fortification that fell into Christian hands in 1129. It had considerable strategic importance as a virtually impregnable defensive work on the border between Christian- and Muslim-ruled territory. It was never conquered and was successfully defended against the king of Castile in the 13th century, but by the end of the 15th century, it had lost its military significance.

Photograph credit: Diego Delso

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