Such was the proliferation of these medieval buildings of a military nature, the castles, that the name of the main kingdom of the Iberian Peninsula, how could it be otherwise, derived from them: Castile.

Castilla or land of castles, also comes to mean, heterodox and freely speaking, a land of fantasy, legend and dark supernatural stories that dazzled multitudes of generations of Spaniards, listened to the sweet heat of the home fire.

Because with our castles, the same thing happens as with the traditional British manor houses: all contain a history of enchantments and in all the presence of the consequent ghosts to which a curse returns to earth again with the last stroke of midnight survives.

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