Castle of Chalamera
Geographical description
The castle of Chalamera is a fortress templière, located in the commune of Chalamera (
Huesca, Aragon), in
Spain.
Description
History
To its death in
1134, Alphonse Ier, king d' Aragon, without heir, gives the totality of its kingdom to the military orders of the
the Holy Sepulchre, the Hôpital and the
Temple. This disputed act was never implemented. After nine years of negotiation with papacy and the Aragonese nobility, an agreement is conlu in
1143. The order of the Temple then receives many fortresses with tax incentives and land, of which the castle of Chalamera.
This fortress belonged to the order of the Temple within the framework of the Reconquista.
State of conservation
to supplement
Voi too
List of the Iberian fortresses templières
Reference
- Alain Demurger, Knights of Christ, the orders monk-soldiers with the Middle Ages , the Threshold, 2002 (ISBN 2-02-049888-X)