Historical place profile
Matrera castle
Castillo de Matrera is a Spanish castle that originally dates to the ninth century and is located in the northeast of the province of Cádiz. It belonged to the kingdom of Alfonso X (in the thirteenth century). Today it is located in the municipality of Villamartín.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:688210634
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:688210634
- Place type
- castle, fort, settlement
- Coordinates
- 36.807318, -5.565659
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Castillo de Matrera is a Spanish castle that originally dates to the ninth century and is located in the northeast of the province of Cádiz. It belonged to the kingdom of Alfonso X (in the thirteenth century). Today it is located in the municipality of Villamartín.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Pleiades
Source and reuse
This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.
Research path
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