Esther Jantzen
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Has anyone been inside the Templar castle in Ponferrada? I'm wondering what it's like. Could a child get lost in it for awhile?
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"After it was confiscated from the Templar Order in the 14thC its new lord built a castle at one end (Old Castle). During the 15th C it belonged to the Duke of Arojona ... who carried out great works, converting the primitive Templar enclosure into a strong and luxurious palace called the New Castle. The Catholic monarchs took the castle in 1483 when the next Count of Lemos rebelled against the Catholic church."