Alarcos Archeological Park in Ciudad Real

 

It is located  in the town of Ciudad Real, 8 km from downtown Ciudad Real in the top of a hill, on way N-430. It is in Spain, in the region of Castilla-La Mancha, 120 km south of Toledo on N-401 and 200 km south of Madrid.

It is an “Iberian oppidum”, with a long cultural ascription, spanning from the Bronze Age to the end of the Middle Age.
 Remains of an Iberian foritified town 3,000 years B.C.

The wall and a Castle of the 12th century.

 The Alarcos 13th century hermitage.

Here, there was a major battle in 1195 between the armies of King Alfonso VIII of Castile and the Emir of Seville Yusuf II; The Battle of Alarcos.