http://www.tarifarealestate.com/en/ Sale and rental of villas and apartments Sun, 05 Jul 2026 19:49:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.11 http://www.tarifarealestate.com/en/tarifa-castle-of-guzman-el-bueno/ http://www.tarifarealestate.com/en/tarifa-castle-of-guzman-el-bueno/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2014 12:16:37 +0000 http://www.tarifarealestate.com/?p=2567-en [Read more]]]> Tarifa lies upon a rocky spur marking the Southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula. It enjoys a privileged location guarding the Straits of Gibraltar. Muslim presence in the town has been evident from the very beginning, however the castle is constructed in the year 960 as ordered by , Caliph Abd al-Rahman III, which gives rise to one of the best preserved monuments from that time all over Spain . After the Christian conquest by King Sancho IV el Bravo in 1294 the event which made Tarifa worldwide well-known occurs: the feat of Guzman el Bueno , who preferred his son to be sacrified to surrending the Castle he had been entrusted with by his king . The castle has preserved its military aspect for a millennium, in 1989 it was placed in civil hands restoring and fitting out works. ( to be continued in future), que continuan en la actualidad .

 

 

 

 

 

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