Spain · Restored
Monzón Castle
Monzón Castle is a medieval fortress in Monzón, Spain, with origins in the 10th century and major modifications by the Knights Templar after 1143. Its fabric shows continuous military use through the 18th century and it is today partially restored and protected as a national monument. The fort crowns a solitary hill overlooking the surrounding plain and retains a central keep, towers and thick bastioned curtain walls.
First raised
1000
Its prime
1750
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1750
What Monzón Castle looked like in its prime.
Perched on a truncated conical hill, the castle presents massive sloping bastioned curtain walls of warm sandstone-coloured masonry and a compact rectilinear silhouette. A central square keep rises above lower rectangular towers; one smaller square tower flies a flag. Wall faces show patched ashlar and rubble courses with a few narrow window openings. The base slopes down to scrubby terrain and the plain beyond, the whole composed as a compact fortified cluster.
Its story
The story of Monzón Castle.
Monzón Castle was built in the tenth century under Muslim rule and captured for Aragon in 1089, when it was conquered by Sancho Ramírez. In 1143 the castle passed to the Knights Templar, who added walls, towers, stables, a dining hall and dormitories; King James I of Aragon lived in the fort under Templar protection during his childhood.
At the dissolution of the Templars, the castle was besieged and captured in 1309 by the army of James II of Aragon. It kept garrisons into the nineteenth century, its walls and defences evolving accordingly — its appearance today reflects the eighteenth-century configuration. Partially restored, it is designated a National Monument.
Step inside
7 places to explore in 1750.
The record describes 7 distinct spots at Monzón Castle — including 3 interiors: templar dining hall, templar dormitories, stables added by the templars. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more rooms, more angles, and more of the place to stand in.
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