Peñíscola Castle

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fortress medieval castle tourist attraction

Peñíscola Castle is a medieval fortress in Peñíscola, Spain, best known as the stronghold and papal seat of the Avignon-antipope Benedict XIII (Pedro de Luna) during the Western Schism.

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Label Occurrences
Peñíscola Castle canonical 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fortress ⓘ
medieval castle ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Castillo de Peñíscola NERFINISHED ⓘ
Castillo del Papa Luna NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle Templar military architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Benedict XIII NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pedro de Luna NERFINISHED ⓘ
builder Knights Templar NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtOver Iberian-Roman settlement remains ⓘ
former Arab fortress ⓘ
constructionEnd 1307 ⓘ
constructionStart 1294 ⓘ
controlledBy Crown of Aragon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Valencia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spanish monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
elevation about 64 metres above sea level ⓘ
featuredIn Game of Thrones (Meereen/fictional city scenes) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature battlements ⓘ
cisterns ⓘ
keep ⓘ
parade ground ⓘ
sea-facing cliffs ⓘ
walled enclosure ⓘ
hasMuseum exhibition on Benedict XIII ⓘ
exhibition on Templar history ⓘ
heritageDesignationBy Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus Bien de Interés Cultural NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Peñíscola NERFINISHED ⓘ
Province of Castellón NERFINISHED ⓘ
Valencian Community NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Mediterranean coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
rocky headland ⓘ
materialUsed ashlar masonry ⓘ
nearby old town of Peñíscola NERFINISHED ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
papalResidenceOf Benedict XIII NERFINISHED ⓘ
Clement VIII (Avignon line) NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodOfPapalSeat early 15th century ⓘ
servedAs papal seat of Benedict XIII ⓘ
stronghold of antipope Benedict XIII ⓘ
significantEvent Western Schism NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourismImportance major landmark of Costa del Azahar ⓘ
usedAs film location ⓘ
fortified palace ⓘ
military fortress ⓘ
papal residence ⓘ
tourist site ⓘ
usedInConflict Peninsular War NERFINISHED ⓘ
War of the Spanish Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Pope Benedict XIII → residence → Peñíscola Castle ⓘ
Costa del Azahar region → hasCulturalAttraction → Peñíscola Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: Costa del Azahar