Day drive · Al-Andalus

Frontier fortresses

Stops
2
Total distance
about 115 km as the crow flies

From the caliphal fortress of Gormaz above the Duero, which al-Ḥakam II had rebuilt in 965 to shield Medinaceli, to the Castillo de Ayyub, which gave Calatayud its origin and its name. The road passes through Medinaceli, the Madīnat Sālim from which al-Manṣūr launched his campaigns and where he died in 1002.

Stops

  1. Castillo de Gormaz (Qalʿat Ġurmāŷ), Ġurmāŷ
  2. Castillo de Ayyub (castillo Mayor) (Qalʿat Ayyūb), Qalʿat Ayyūb

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by Phantazein

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