Maestranze sec. XV, Castillo de la Mota
CODES / CLASSIFICATION
106162
OBJECT
Castillo de la Mota
AUTHOR
Dating
sec. XV
1440 - 1499
LOCATIONS
Medina del Campo (Spagna)
NOTES
Foto sup 2638, verso del supporto secondario: nota anonima manoscritta: "Castillo de la Mota. / Built by King Juan in 1440 and enlarged by Ysabel. / In it she died on the 26 th. Nov. 1504 in the 54 th. year of her age, after making / her will, whilst Cesar Borgia sat captive below. He is said to have been in / prison her for 2 years and to have escaped on the 25 th. Ott. 1506. He had / been [...] arrested by the Gran Capitan and embarked at Naples / for Spain on the 20. th Aug.t 1504. Ysabel hated him because the widow of / his murdered brother, the Duke of Gandia [...]. / The castle is entirely of brick, but incorporates in one or two parts wales / of earlier construction. Tho' of brick, Street says that he was [...] seen a building more magnificent".
