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            Pioz Castle is a Castilian palatial fortification located in the eastern part of Pioz (Guadalajara, Spain). It was built by the architect Lorenzo Vázquez at the end of the 15th century as a strong house for the Mendoza family, first, and for Gómez de Ciudad Real, later, following the model of Italian strong houses. Despite its residential and heavily defensive appearance, it was never used as such and was soon abandoned.
It is a plain castle located in the middle of a plateau of the Alcarria built entirely with ashlar stone. It has a square plan and is surrounded by a thick defensive barbican filled with battlements and full of loopholes, with three corner towers to the north, south and east, and a lateral one in the northeast, a main gate with a drawbridge to the southeast and a postern to the northwest with a narrow steep zigzag staircase. In turn, the barbican is surrounded by a moat. (Sources: Wikipedia)

El castillo de Pioz es una fortificación palaciega castellana situada en la parte oriental de Pioz (Guadalajara, España). Fue construido por el arquitecto Lorenzo Vázquez a finales del siglo XV como casa fuerte para la familia de Mendoza, primero, y de Gómez de Ciudad Real, después, siguiendo el modelo de las casas fuertes italianas. Pese a su aspecto residencial y fuertemente defensivo, nunca llegó a utilizarse como tales y pronto quedó abandonado.
Se trata de un castillo de llanura situado en medio de una meseta de la Alcarria construido en su integridad con piedra sillar. Es de planta cuadrada y se encuentra rodeado de una barbacana defensiva gruesa y colmada por almenas y llena de saeteras, con tres torreones esquineros a norte, sur y este, y uno lateral en el noreste, una puerta principal con puente levadizo al sureste y una poterna al noroeste con una escalerilla estrecha y empinada en forma de zigzag. A su vez, la barbacana se rodea de un foso.( fuentes : Wikipedia)
   

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Taken on: February 20, 2021

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Flash:	Off, Did not fire
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