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Matrera castle

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: María Jesús Redondo

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Jul 12, 2022 04:12 PM — History

Castillo de Matrera is a Spanish castle that originally dates to the ninth century and is located in the northeast of the province of Cádiz. It belonged to the kingdom of Alfonso X (in the thirteenth century). Today it is located in the municipality of Villamartín.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/688210634

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.8073182625, -5.56565908309

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Matrera castle (AD 640 - AD 1453)
- Representative Locations:
  - OSM location of Castillo de Matrera (AD 640 - AD 1453)

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Macrera (Spanish, AD 640 - AD 1453)
- Matrera (Spanish, AD 640 - AD 1453)

Matrera castle makes connections with:

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Matrera castle receives connections from:

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Place type:
castle, settlement, fort, tower (deprecated)

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
María Jesús Redondo, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Matrera castle: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/688210634> [accessed: 08 June 2023]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/688210634 |title=Places: 688210634 (Matrera castle) |author=Jesús Redondo, M. |accessdate=June 8, 2023 4:57 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Matrera castle