Castile‐La Mancha
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Castile‐La Mancha (Castilla‐La Mancha), Spain al‐Qila An autonomous community famous for its castles, from the Low Latin
castilla, built by Alfonso III the Great (838–910), King of Asturias (866–910), to defend his frontiers against Muslim assaults. It was thus named ‘Land of Castles’. The Arab name means ‘The Castles’. La Mancha (in Arabic,
al‐Manshah ‘The Wilderness’) was added to Castile in 1982 to form the autonomous community. A former independent kingdom from 1029, although Ferdinand III (1217–52) was also King of León (1232–52), until Castile and Aragón united in 1479.
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