Villavellid Castle lies, in the little village by the same name, in the province of Valladolid in Spain. The castle is located on a little hill next to the village, on a small undulation of the landscape. By its diposition and characteristics it can be dated to the 15th century and it was probably the residence of a nobleman. Its constructor isn't known although in 1452 a Don Francisco de Almazán, Marquess of Alcañices, was mentioned as the Lord of the village and the owner of a "strong house". Its plan is a square with wide walls of ashlar masonry on the outside. The corners are reinforced by cylindrical towers except one which is reinforced by the square keep which is very reduced at the present time. This all makes the castle in everything very similar to Fuente el Sol Castle. The entrance to the courtyard is by a pointed arced gate, located near the keep. The entrance to the keep is on a higher floor level and would have been accessed by means of a, disappeared, movable wooden footbridge. Inside the tower several wooden floors existed. Also traces of lean-to constructions are observed in the walls around the courtyard. In the 1990's most of one of the sides of the enclosure and a corner tower collapsed. As with similar castles this one could also have had another outer defensive enclosure although there are traces of such an enclosure. Villavellid Castle is a nice one to see because of the fact that you can see its foundations and a sort of cut-through view of the walls and courtyard. The fact that the fore mentioned collapse has taken place can have something to do, in my opinion, with the fact that the village garbage dump is located against the foundations of the castle walls. Although it isn't worth the detour on itself it's located just a few minutes by car, north of Tiedra Castle. http://www.castles.nl

El Castillo de Villavellid se encuentra en la población de Villavellid, provincia de Valladolid, Castilla y León, España. Se construyó siguiendo el modelo de castillo llamado escuela de Valladolid. En la actualidad todavía se pueden visitar los restos del castillo. Historia El castillo de Villavellid es una fortaleza del siglo XV situada en la línea fronteriza de los reinos de León y Castilla. No se conoce la autoría de su construcción pero si se sabe que en 1452 Francisco de Almazán, marqués de Alcañices era señor de la villa y casa fuerte.​ Lo entregó a su hija Francisca como dote en 1465, al casarse con Pedro Pimentel, hijo del Conde de Benavente. A la muerte de ésta, sin descendencia, el castillo pasó a su hermana Constanza casada con Juan Enríquez de Guzmán y cuyo hijo Francisco fue el primer marqués de Alcañices e instituirá mayorazgo con todas sus propiedades, incluyendo la fortaleza de Villavellid. El castillo palacio es de planta cuadrada, construido con anchos muros de sillería que ocultan un armazón de mampostería. Tiene tres cubos cilíndricos en tres de sus ángulos y en el cuarto una achaparrada torre del homenaje, cuadrada de dos pisos hoy hundidos.​ En el 2016 sigue siendo una ruina.

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