Photo: J. Aranda. The Castle Lora del River is situated on a plateau on the western edge of the town of the same name.
History:
Of Muslim origin, the place was taken by Fernando III in the spring of 1247, during the Castilian advance towards. It was in Lora del Río precisely at a place called ford Stakes, where part of the Castilian army crossed the river to continue along the west bank, and power and harass the castle of Triana and Aznalfarache ( Hins al-Faraj ) during the siege of Seville.
After its occupation, was handed over to the Order of the Hospital, which established a Lora based Bailiwick by granting puebla letter dated in 1259, and also covered seven Lora nearby villages where the term came Septe Filles, which later became the Setefilla we know today. A mid-fourteenth century, the Hospitallers were the ones who established the cult of the Virgin in the chapel where Setefilla now that image is venerated, patron saint of Lora del Rio, next to the castle of the same name, which controlled the step Cazares and all Sierra north of Seville.
Description:
is not very high and shaped like a scalene triangle, with its longest side about 120 meters and the maximum width is about 35. What remains of the fort is a canvas of mud of about 90 meters north-facing residues observed in four quadrangular towers and remains of the parapet, and another stretch of about 35 meters facing west. Its surface should be around 3,000 m2. The access door must be between two of the north tower of the canvas, approximately in the center. By its position, controlling a loop of the Guadalquivir River, which in those days was navigable to Córdoba.
Materials: Constructed
lime mud, sand and pebbles.
Condition:
It is progressive in ruins.
Protection:
Under the protection of the Declaration generic Decree of 22 April 1949, and Law 16/1985 on English Historical Heritage. In 1993 the Andalusian gave special recognition to the castles of the autonomous community of Andalusia.
Source: CastillosNet .
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