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| A view from one of the castle`s turrets showing a defensive outer wall and the steepness of the hill upon which it is built. The earlier castle on this site was enlarged between the 8th-13th centuries by the Moors who ruled here. The castle suffered damage in the 1755 earthquake and the walls that where destroyed rebuilt in the 1800s. |
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