Área de Turismo - Ayuntamiento de Ponferrada

Data of construction: (11th -14 th century)

High resolution image. This link will open using lightbox, there may be a context switchCastillo del TempleWhen the Monarchs of León donated Ponferrada to the Order ofTemple,in the year 1178, the Templar knights found a small fortress that had originally been a castro and later on a Roman citadel.

They extended and improved it in order to defend the Road toSantiago;it would be finished by the year 1282.

The Castlenowadays is the result of several building works.

High resolution image. This link will open using lightbox, there may be a context switchCastillo de los Templarios
Improvements and new elements from the first square plant wall in the early 12th century to the latest areas that were built at the end of the 15th century and at the beginning of the 16th century.

Further improvements such as the stables in 1848 and the long number of alterations that were made from the beginning of the 20th century, have contributed to the complexity of the monument as it is known today.

The coats of arms of the people that lived here and took part in the process of construction are a clear example of the different stages.