Today we traveled south from Toledo, tracing the path that the combined Christian armies followed on their way to meet the Almohads at the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212.On their way south, the army besieged and captured four castles, all of which we visited today.
Above is the first, the castle of Malagón. It is just a few miles south of Toledo, at the entrance to the Campo de Calatrava, the region of La Mancha controlled by Castile's native military order (the Knights of Calatrava) in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
The above castle was unfotunately unapproachable; all we could do was take pictures from a nearby picnic ground. The castle underwent some modifications after it was captured by the Christians, as it is of a somewhat later style than many of the others which we visited.
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