Ponferrada: the Templar castle

Tradition

The town is named after an iron-reinforced bridge built for pilgrims in the 11th century; the Knights Templar held the town from the end of the 12th century.

Here today

A large castle of the 12th to 15th centuries above the Sil river, open to visitors.

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Land outlines: Natural Earth (public domain).