The Castillo de Villavellid is a 15th-century fortress located in the town of Villavellid, in the province of Valladolid, Castilla y León. It was built following the school of Valladolid. Today, the remains of the castle can still be visited and are protected as a site of cultural interest.
The castle was situated on the border of the regions of León and Castilla. While the authorship of its construction is unknown, Francisco de Almazán, Marqués de Alcañices, was the lord of the villa and the fortress in 1452. In 1465, he gave the castle to his daughter Francisca as a dowry for her marriage to Pedro Pimentel, the son of the Count of Benavente. After Francisca died without offspring, the castle passed to her sister Constanza, who married Juan Enríquez de Guzmán.
Their son, Francisco, became the first Marqués de Alcañices and established a mayorazgo that included the fortress of Villavellid. The castle-palace has a square floor plan with wide ashlar walls covering a rubble frame. It features three cylindrical towers on three of its corners, while the fourth corner holds a square keep of two floors, which are now sunken. As of 2016, the castle remains a ruin.
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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