Castle of Barcience

The Castle of Barcience is castle in Barcience, Spain. It was a stronghold of the House of Silva.

Castle of Barcience
Castillo de Barcience
General information
Type	Castle
Town or city	Barcience
Country	Spain
Coordinates	39°59′23″N 4°13′47″W
Owner	Private property

History and description

It was built from scratch in the 15th century.[1] Erected on a small elevation of the terrain, it consists of a ortogonal main body, with two circular towers in the Western corners and two square towers in the Eastern corners, with the NE one being the largest one.[2] One of the towers displays a relief depicting a lion rampant, the sigil of the house of Silva.[2]

Despite the status of Bien de Interés Cultural via the generic 1949 decree on the protection of the castles of Spain, the building has been however left in a situation of complete abandonment by the owners, losing pieces of the structure and enduring graffiti.[3]

References

Citations

1. Azcárate y Ristori 1948, p. 248.
2. Azcárate y Ristori 1948, p. 275.
3. "Castillo de Barcience" (PDF). Real Academia de Bellas Artes y Ciencias Históricas de Toledo.

Bibliography

• Azcárate y Ristori, José Mª de (1948). "Castillos toledanos del siglo XV" (PDF). Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Excursiones. Sociedad Española de Excursiones. LII: 245–278. ISSN 1697-6762 – via Autonomous University of Barcelona.