The Castle of Gormaz is a large castle located in Gormaz, Spain. Its current structure was built in 965 to defend the borders of the Caliphate of Cordoba. At the time of its construction, it was the largest fortress in Europe.
Castle of Gormaz
View of the castle from the south
The northern wall
The southern walls
Ghālib ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Nāṣirī, called al-Ṣiqlabī, was a military commander in the ʿUmayyad caliphate of Córdoba, serving the caliphs ʿAbd al-Raḥmān III al-Nāṣir, al-Ḥakam II and Hishām II on both land and sea. For his military prowess, he was granted the honorific Dhu ʾl-Sayfayn.
The remains of the castle of Medinaceli today.