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Ontígola

Situación
El castillo de Oreja se encuentra en el antiguo poblado de Oreja, llamado Aurelia en tiempos del imperio romano, en la localidad de Ontígola, al este de la provincia de Toledo.


Historia
Poblado el paraje con la ciudad romana de Aurelia (antecedente del nombre de Oreja), los musulmanes ya tenían aquí un castillo en tiempo de Alfonso VI, quien lo adquirió como parte de la dote de su esposa Zaida.

Lost
Uclés after defeat in the year 1108, was a constant threat to the kingdom of Toledo to control the pass and allow its passage expeditions advancing along the right bank to the city, canceling the bridgehead San Servando. In 1113 Mazdalí took the castle and made it a point of attack against English troops, who received a major setback in its vicinity in the year 1132.


Besieged for six months by Alfonso VII, with troops Toledo, Extremadura, Galicia and Leon, is paid by hunger and thirst in 1139 and the village was repopulated with Christians who were granted a charter of great historical interest.


then was restored the old castle, undertaking major reforms and was hired by Alfonso VIII of the Order of Santiago, who used it against the Almoravids. In the fifteenth century it passed to Cardenas Gutierrez and then to the Counts of Colmenar and the Dukes of Frías.


Once lost its usefulness bellicose, and due to the discomfort of the place to be inhabited, most of his neighbors have gone to Ontígola or Aranjuez, leaving a modest neighborhood annexed to the castle, visible from afar.


Description
Oreja Castle consists of a strong and tall tower surrounded by a rectangular wall that follows the jagged line of the cliff where it sits. This ridge is isolated part of the edge of the plateau that limits the Tagus to the north, natural ford which existed here was guarded by the castle.


has some loopholes circular wooden signs battlements and large, coarse battlements that top the towers. The corners are seating and are rounded to half height. Has only one door. Inside can be seen the remains of the church, two vaults, and a cistern.


Condition
is found in advanced state of ruin.


Ownership and Use Copyright
Ontígola City Council.


Visits
is de acceso libre.


Protección
Bajo la protección de la Declaración genérica del Decreto de 22 de abril de 1949, y la Ley 16/1985 sobre el Patrimonio Histórico Español.