Aedes Ars - Castillo de Árevalo

The monument and its history This castle is in the town of Arévalo, in Castilla León, Spain. It is situated on the outskirts of the town over a small ridge, made of brick and stone, and the origins of which date back to the 14th century with reforms in the 15th and 16th centuries. It was here where King Pedro I the Cruel imprisoned his wife Blanca of Bourbon. Juan II and Enrique IV possessed it, the latter handing it over to Alvaro de Zúñiga, Duke of Arévalo, who in turn handed it over to the Catholic Monarchs in 1476. It later became a state prison. The ground plan is pentagonal and the walls are stone and brick. Its most outstanding features are the semicircular-shaped Keep and some enormous embrasures, unparalleled in other fortifications prior to the late 15th century. The castle is currently a state-owned property, the Ministry of Agriculture to be precise, which has restored it completely and turned it into the Cereal Museum; as well as the uses of the building made by the ministry itself, receptions are also held in the castle.