Castillo de Trevejo

En un regard

Le château en bref

Perched on a rocky spur of the Sierra de Gata, above the tiny village of Trevejo, which is attached to Villamiel, Trevejo Castle is one of the most evocative medieval fortresses in northern Extremadura. It guarded a border area close to Portugal. In ruins, it retains above all its powerful pentagonal keep and sections of curtain wall that follow the granite outcrops; at the foot of the fortress, anthropomorphic tombs cut into the rock bear witness to how long the site has been occupied. Retaken from the Muslims in the 12th century, the castle passed to the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, was remodelled at the end of the Middle Ages, then repaired in the 18th century, when military engineers drew up plans of it. French troops blew up part of it during the Peninsular War. Open to visitors free of charge, the site forms, together with the church and the village, a remarkable landscape ensemble.