Castillo de los Duques de Alburquerque

Today: Castillo de Cuéllar, Cuéllar

Place: Cuéllar
Kind: Castle
Built: 1552 to 1569
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

A castle built on the south-east corner of the town wall, which Álvaro de Luna raised for the most part from 1444 and Beltrán de la Cueva began to fortify in 1465. The Dukes of Alburquerque turned it into a palace: between 1552 and 1557 the wall-walk of the south front was replaced by a gallery, in 1559 Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón built the Renaissance gallery of the parade ground, and in 1569 the Escalera Real was finished. It houses a secondary school, and part of it is visited on dramatised tours.

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