Murgaual (castle)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: María Jesús Redondo

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Apr 14, 2025 06:15 PM — History

A Spanish castle and village located in the north of the province of Córdoba that belonged to the kingdom of Alfonso X. Today it's known as Castillo de Murgabal or Castillo de Almogábar. It is part of the village of Torrecampo and the region of Fuencaliente.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/704285537

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.4744653, -4.6773881

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of modern Torrecampo (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Murgaual (Murgaual (castle): Spanish, AD 640 - AD 1453)
- Torrecampo (Spanish, modern)

Murgaual (castle) makes connections with:

None

Murgaual (castle) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
castle, settlement-modern

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Related:

Wikidata Fuencaliente (Q1632151)

Initial Provenance:
Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies

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Suggested citation:
María Jesús Redondo, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Murgaual (castle): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/704285537> [accessed: 20 June 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

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