Castile Collection (page 24)

Alcazar, Segovia, Castile Leon, Spain

Queen Eleanors Cross, Northampton. The Eleanor crosses were 12 originally wooden, but later lavishly decorated stone, monuments, of which three survive intact

Castle and windmills, Consuegra, Ruta de Don Quixote, Castile la Mancha, Spain, Europe

Interior of the Catedral Vieja (Old Cathedral), dating from the 12th century, an important Romanesque building, Salamanca, Spain, Europe

Casa de las Conchas (House of Shells), Salamanca, Spain, Europe

Detail, Convento de las Duenas, Salamanca, Spain, Europe

Detail of the Convento de las Duenas, Christian convent with fine cloisters, Salamanca, Castilla-Leon (Castile), Spain, Europe

The Old and New Cathedrals, reflected in the water of the Rio Tormes (Tormes River), Salamanca, Castilla Leon (Castile), Spain, Europe

Hill village of La Alberca near Salamanca, Castile, Spain, Europe

The hill village of La Alberca, near Salamanca, Castile, Spain, Europe

Baroque architecture, La Clerecia (the Clergy), Salamanca, Castilla-Leon (Castile), Spain, Europe

The Alcazar viewed from the west, Segovia, Castilla y Leon (Castile), Spain, Europe

Puente de Piedra, reconstruction of bridge built by St. Dominic, John of Ortega, over Rio Ebro (Ebro River), Logrono, Camino de Santiago, La Rioja, Castile and Leon, Spain, Europe

Cathedral spries, 18th century, Logrono, La Rioja, Castile and Leon, Spain, Europe

Juana (The Mad) / Castile
JUANA (THE MAD) Queen of Castile

Alfonso Xi / Alfonso VIII
ALFONSO IX & ALFONSO VIII (1158 - 1214) Kings of Castille. (Alfonso IX is on the right)

Blanche De Castile
BLANCHE DE CASTILE queeen of Louis VIII depicted praying, kneeling at a prie-dieu

Spain / Defeats Moors / 1212
Alfonso of Castile, with the Kings of Aragon and Navarre, defeats the Moors at Tolosa

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