AMAA - Spain - 10 Castles You Must See - España - Reaction by Average Middle Aged American

In this video, I react to and discuss the video: "Top 10 Most Beautiful Castles in Spain - Travel Video 2024." My commentary is my based on my opinion as an Average Middle Aged American that had not yet been to Europe let alone Spain. :-)
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[@galgo346]

You should also see the Royal Alcázar of Seville, the Castle of La Calahorra, the Castle of Vélez Blanco, the Castle of Butrón, the Castle of Manzanares el Real, the Castle of the Templars in Ponferrada, the Castle of Loarre, the Castle of Cardona and the Castle of Almodovar. And it is only a small number of castles in Spain. By the way, under the hill where Peñafiel Castle is located there are many Ribera del Duero wine cellars.

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

WOW - thanks for the suggestions and checking out my videos!

[@AlvaroGonzalez-pj2bg]

@@Average_Middle_Aged_American They've missed the pretiest building. Although it's not technically a castle, but a Palace: Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Palace_of_La_Granja_de_San_Ildefonso If you see pictures of the ballrooms inside, with the pictures in the walls, the chandeliers, the glass... you can imagine people from the Nobility dancing there. One extra: Gormaz Castle. The biggest one in Europe regarding extension within the walls. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_of_Gormaz The castle with the biggest building belongs to Poland, though: Castle of Malbork.

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

I will check them out. Thanks!

[@israelbaras8237]

failed to mention: Castillo de Butrón, Castillo de Almodóvar (game of thrones house Tyrell), Castillo de zafra (game of thrones), Castillo de Loarre, Castillo de Santa Florentina, Real Alcázar de Sevilla, Peñiscola (my favorite holidays of the last 6 years).

[@jg3459]

And a lot more of them. I was told that in Spain there are more than 10.000 castles and fortress.

[@BayushiTawa]

Trujillo

[@israelbaras8237]

hi, a Spaniard here, in Spain there are more than 10,000 castles, some are government-owned as historical monuments and can be visited, others are private and you pay entry, others are still private residences... there is everything, I have a friend whose school is a medieval castle xd "instituto de Cuéllar"

[@oscarbadalonaespana6257]

Del gobierno?😂😂😂si del corrpsoe...anda acuéstate..es patrimonio del estado español...😂👊🤔

[@israelbaras8237]

@@oscarbadalonaespana6257 pues eso, ellos deciden el uso que darle, no te creas, el estado español esta a disposicion del gobierno, como si les da de usar el palacio de correos como ayuntamiento... a no espera eso ya pasa.

[@oscarbadalonaespana6257]

@@israelbaras8237 esto es España

[@ializarg]

Hubo más de 10.000 documentados. Hoy en día hay unos 2.500

[@ializarg]

@@oscarbadalonaespana6257 Medio analfabeto y fach... nostálgi... neoliber... uno que piensa distinto. Ni escribir sabe el pobre. Vamos, lo habitual.

[@pozu1312]

The castles in Spain were more focused into military use than into residential use, thats why most of castles were not beutifull but very very well made for battles, in the historical context lf the iberian peninsula they were better suited to their moment.

[@yomismo688]

U may react to the Spanish Carhedrals, Palace like the Palacio Real(Madrid), the largest of Europe, or the Majestic, El Escorial(Madrid)

[@pozu1312]

Sad they dont show any images of the al-hambra in the interior.

[@lauraolap9921]

my province Aragón, has many beautiful castles like the castle of Loarre (appears in the kingdom of heaven) built in 1096 or castle of Peracense built between the XIII and XIV centuries and it's made with red rocks from the area and some parts of the castle are excavated in the rock

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

Amazing!

[@JoseLopez-vt8kd]

Siiii, me encantó el Castillo de Peracense y su espectacular entorno de piedra roja.

[@pepedealicante_]

According to the Spanish Association of Friends of Castles, there are currently 10,342 castles inventoried in Spain. However, it is estimated that there are actually more than 20,000 castles throughout the country. The reason there are so many castles isThe Reconquista: During the approximately 800 years that the Reconquista lasted (711-1492), the Christian kingdoms of the north fought to recover the lands controlled by the Muslims and internal wars. Where I live, in the southeast of Spain in the province of Alicante, each town has its castle.

[@CBOANDALUCIA]

Spanish Historian freak here: we had +60.000 castles and fortress untill a civil war btw Isabel I of Castille and her (supously) nephew Juana. When Isabel won, she forced the destruction of the losers biggest castles, etc. Today, more than 2.000 are still in use, as private houses, Gov protected places, hotels, museums... But it's all "modern" if you compares them with the incredible architecture from the Spanish Bronze Age (Argar culture, SE + partally E of Spain, specially the stunning La Bastida de Totana, and the Cultura de las Motillas, Central Spain, with the fortress protecting wells, specially the Motilla de Azuer, wich it's very well preserved), but you also can find little fortress and a wall around one of the first "cities" in Europe: Los Millares, SE. We are talking about at least 4.000 years, my friend. Spain has an incredible History, but also, a more amazing, deep and important Prehistory, than the mayority of the Spanish people knows. If you want more info, I'll try to tranlate to you some videos.

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

@CBOANDALUCIA - so hard for me to comprehend. 1000s of castles - so cool!

[@justinianorigoberto7973]

According to some statistics, there are more than 15,000 castles in Spain, and more or less 10,000 in acceptable condition, and there are private, public and municipal ones. Many have been restored and are state heritage

[@pepegotera8598]

There are more than 20,000 castles in Spain but only half are in good or acceptable condition. I'm from Huelva and we have a town called Niebla, there is a castle where from time to time they hold tournaments and things like that.

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

Very Cool!

[@aquilaxxi7953]

In Spain, it is estimated that currently more than 20,000 castles still stand in different conditions of conservation. Some of them are private property, some are property of the state.

[@frankcove]

Castillian = Land of castles

[@gromenhauer7403]

2:23 Greetings from Spain. The castle in my town belonged to a family for a long time until they donated it to the town hall.

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

@gromenhauer7403 Howdy from America! Welcome to my channel!

[@oskarobit]

How to pronounce the names and some trivia: Alhambra - just ignore the H = a-'lam-brah Alcázar = al-'ca-zar (z always sound like the TH in THunder, you don't mind the vowel. Olite = O-'lee-te PeÑafiel = pe-nia-fee'el Manzanares el Real, remember the sound of z= th, ok. Now, not "reeal" like in English, is Spanish =re-al (as in REcord) TRIVIA: We have so many castles in Spain that we have one region named after the castles (castillos): Castilla La Alhambra is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. There are more than 10.400 classified castles in Spain and that could be only the tip of the iceberg if you count on the ruins, walled cities (Lugo, Ávila, Albaracín, Teruel...), casas torre in the Basque Country (tower-houses or fortified houses), palaces, etc.

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

Thanks for the tips!

[@conigliostressato]

6:57 to put it in perspective, by the end of the XV century America had already been (partially) discovered.

[@BayushiTawa]

Peñafiel Castle was mistaken. Those were some ruins, not the castle itself, its nickname is Castilla's Ship because it is long and pretty thin

[@valikny]

4:00 The similarities you find are because those 'Disney style parks' based their designs on castles like that one.

[@adolfovecinopons5070]

La historia de USA no se entiende sin España

[@ializarg]

At one point, there were over 10,000 castles documented in Spain! While that number nowadays has been cut down to 2,500

[@enriquegonzaga3865]

Our language Spanish is indeed original from Castile and we call It castellano or español. The former Kingdom of Castile was named precisely because of the large amount of Castles. Castillo = Castle.

[@antoniodejesusviveiros528]

Today you can build a skyscraper in 2-3 years, but in the 10th century for example it took at least 30 years to have a keep strong enough and easy to defend against a siege. Over the years (centuries) a wall was built and more structures were added, chapel, stables, houses for the servants and soldiers, a blacksmith's shop, etc. and they did all that with what they had, ingenuity, brute force and the blessing of their lord and the church. There was only a salary for the master carpenters and stonemasons, the architect being the best paid of them all, for the labourer not even a penny, having a grateful stomach was better than nothing.

[@JoseLopez-vt8kd]

Hola, buen reportaje, veo que el vídeo mezcla ciudadelas fortificadas (como Granada y Almería) con castillos. Todos los del vídeo son grandes monumentos. Puedes buscar en internet otros que te gustarán: castillo de Ponferrada, el elegante castillo de Belmonte, o el pintoresco castillo de Peracense. Este último, está situado en un paisaje que me recuerda a las viejas películas del Oeste americano. Un saludo desde Valencia, España.

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

Thank you for the information and checking out my channel!

[@yomismo688]

The Castle of Portillo(Valladolid, Castilla y León), is so beautiful

[@jorgeglez.9053]

Castillo de Cuéllar, usado hoy como instituto, debe ser genial estudiar allí, saludos

[@anacasanova7350]

Los antiguos reyes de España no tenían un castillo como el Castillo de Windsor los ingleses. Los reyes de Castilla León eran itinerantes , se hospedaban en sus trayectos en campamentos y fortalezas de los nobles.

[@edgarmaestre6622]

Nice video reaction! And thanks for read the sugestions of your viewers! This video is more a representation of the diferents types of spanish castles more than a real top ten. Some of the most spectacular castles are missed but is ok. Thanks for your interest!! Greetings from Barcelona!!

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

Howdy from America! I will check out some of the suggestions to find the one I like the most. Thanks for checking out my channel!

[@davcaslop]

Castle of Vélez-Blanco!!!! Its original interiors are in the NY metropolitan museum, how cool is that!! It is in Almería, in Andalusia, and it it’s in the village of my grandma. You should check it out!!

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

WOW

[@JoseLopez-vt8kd]

Cierto, vi un documental en el que se narraba la historia de como muchos techos de madera de palacios y castillos fueron "comprados" y llevados para montarlos en residencias de millonarios de los USA, en los años 50 esto se puso de moda en América, al parecer. Incluso se llevaron piedra a piedra algunos claustros de conventos. Afortunadamente eso ya no se puede hacer. Por ser nuestro patrimonio histórico.

[@bypyros1933]

Some castles are private, although the owner can't just decide to destroy them or something like that. But I think most castles are property of the State. It has some of them on sale, since it cannot afford to maintain them, but the buyer must prove they are wealthy enough to restore it.

[@elpaypay9488]

Segovia castell is the castell of disney park.

[@cangrejitamora]

Un castillo es un elemento defensivo y un palacio es una residencia real.

[@xanarophones4484]

I guess castles are also an example of how we Spanish people always had humor for names. After all Peñafiel would be roughly translated as "faithful rock", la Mota as "the speck" and Manzanares el Real as "apple field the royal".

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

LOL

[@gerardogilsanz1171]

Some are private, somo are still used by the Royal Family, some are owned by the Administration.

[@hape3862]

As you like castles and symmetry and perhaps mystery, you should check out Castel del Monte in southern Italy. It was built by Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich II in the 13th century and no one knows for what purpose. It is completely useless.

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

LOL! - will do. Thanks!

[@CrimsonRose737]

Please react to Tuuli - It’s Over

[@eduardoromerovaquero3191]

The original video didn’t have good images of Peñafiel and he just included random. 😂😂 This is some footage from Peñafiel castle: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnTQeXpoqr57fcksi=Yfj4F3t_n1nm-DOG

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

@@eduardoromerovaquero3191 Thank you!

[@solidkaka]

well we where in battle so many years like 800 xDDD so like the others said there are more like 20000 castles in Spain but only like 10000 are well preserved. Here is not rare to go to a small town and see one of them, barely all towns have one or had cuz moust of them are in ruins nonadays, or fortifications form romans, visigoth etc... xD

[@jiphjuegos1402]

Just note that if you ask for Olite castle as read by an English speaker nobody will understand you in Spain. "Olite" is pronounced very diferent, more like "Oleethe".

[@Trotamundos_Galego]

Algunas imagenes del castillo de Peñafiel no se corresponden con la realidad y las reales no muestran el castillo en su totalidad y no le hacen justicia.

[@Gabriel23983]

Me da que algunos no son castillos, eso es un palacio

[@francisco2591]

the number 4. Peñafiel Castle has the imagines wrong. that´s not te castle ....

[@Aninalolin]

Spanish castles were not built to be beautiful but to be strong and safe. Castile got its name due to the sheer number of castles that had to be built there in order to secure the flat steppe of the Duero and Tagus river valleys. There are now still over 2000 of them, most in ruins. Ferdinand and Isabella ordered their towers and walls to be downsized or demolished so that feudal lords could not use them in an eventual rebellion against the kings. What we can see nowadays is only an approximation to what they were originally like in the XVth century. The video you are reacting to is sadly disappointing as the author seems to have chosen the worst views of all those wonderful buildings. In particular, Peñafiel is portrayed basically as a dilapidated stone hut (the images DO NOT correspond to the actual castle), whereas it is an awe-inspiring fortress visible from miles away that is in excellent shape for its age. Climbing to the keep is an absolute must. I would recommend watching this vid on the Loarre castle kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX7XfmedbqZqo8U and this on the castillo de Villena: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYqziqF-etWkhpY . Castillo de Almodóvar del Río: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKCzl6Swl9eKocU . Castillo de Coca: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5KogqunaNR9r5I . Also check out this one about the real, enormous Peñafiel castle: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnTQeXpoqr57fck Peñafiel was never stormed successfully, but there is a saying about it which showcases the abundance and quality of castles in Castile: "Buen castillo es el de Peñafiel / si no tuviera a ojo el de Curiel" = "Peñafiel is a fine castle, but Curiel (castle) is too close to it". Sorry for the long comment. Keep up the good work :-)

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

Thank you for the suggestions and links. I will check them out!

[@joaquindiaz7818]

There are more castle nicer in spain