Castillo de Almodóvar del Río, also known as Hisnu-l-mudawar or the round castle, is a castle of Arab origin in the town of Almodóvar del Río in the Province of Córdoba, Spain. Located on the left bank of the Guadalquivir, the site was previously a Roman fort. The current structure dates back to 760 and was of Arab origin, undergoing several renovations and reconstructions during the Middle Ages.
Between 1901 and 1936, the castle was restored by the owner Raphael Desmaissiers, 12th Count of Torravala, under the technical direction of the architect Adolfo Fernández Casanova. The most important towers of the structure are the Cuadrada, the Redonda, and the Homenaje.
The castle is well known to modern audiences as a filming location for the 7th season of the HBO series Game of Thrones. It depicted House Tyrell's home, Highgarden, and also parts of Casterly Rock, the ancestral home of House Lannister.
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