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Grajal de Campos (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡɾaˈxal de ˈkampos]), Grayal de Campos in Leonese language, is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2010 census ( INE ), the municipality has a population of 246 inhabitants.
Grajal de Campos, pueblo de la provincia de León, ofrece un amplio patrimonico histórico y monumental como su Castillo Renacentista, el Palacio de los Vegal y la Iglesia de San Miguel.
Fortress Castle. In the 15th century the village of Grajal became the property of the Vega family. One of their descendants, Hernando de Vega, began building the current castle in the early 16th century on the remains of another castle dating from the 10th century.
Grajal de Campos is a real surprise not only because of everything the villa, but also the surrounding area, have to offer. The must-see is the Renaissance complex of monuments comprised of the artillery castle, which was the first in Spain to be exclusively used for this purpose.
This is one of the most singular palaces of the Spanish Renaissance. It is notable in the 16th-century architecture of León and of Spain as it offers a new concept of the palace which is closer to the idea of a Renaissance villa or recreational dwelling.
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Grajal de Campos, Spain. Begun in the 16th century by Hernando de Vega over remains of a 10th century castle, the Grajal de Campos Castle was finished by his son Juan de Vega y Acuna, count of Grajal. Designed to withstand the use of artillery the castle has sloped walls and its overall height is lower than those of earlier castles, making it ...
