La Mota Castle
The La Mota Castle or Castillo de La Mota is a medieval fortress in the town of Medina del Campo, province of Valladolid, Spain. It is so named because of its location on an elevated hill, a mota, from where it dominates the town and surrounding land.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Fernando, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: medieval fortress in Spain
- Also known as: “Castle of La Mota”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Reales Carnicerías, Medina del Campo and Medina del Campo railway station.
Reales Carnicerías, Medina del Campo
Marketplace
Photo: MiguelHermoso, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Reales Carnicerías, Medina del Campo is a marketplace, which is situated 420 metres west of La Mota Castle.
Medina del Campo railway station
Railway station
The Medina del Campo railway station is a railway station serving the Spanish city of Medina del Campo, in the province of Valladolid. Medina del Campo railway station is situated 1 km north of La Mota Castle.
Church of San Miguel, Medina del Campo
Church
Photo: Zarateman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church of San Miguel, Medina del Campo is situated 490 metres northwest of La Mota Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Medina del Campo and Pozal de Gallinas.
Medina del Campo
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Medina del Campo is a town and municipality of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Part of the Province of Valladolid, it is the centre of a farming area.
Pozal de Gallinas
Village
Photo: Chefocom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pozal de Gallinas is a municipality located in the province of Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2014 census, the municipality has a population of 538 inhabitants. Pozal de Gallinas is situated 6 km east of La Mota Castle.
Rodilana
Hamlet
Photo: Iglesia en Valladolid, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rodilana is a hamlet, which is situated 7 km north of La Mota Castle.
La Mota Castle
- Categories: monument, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Medina del Campo, Valladolid, Castile and León, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“La Mota Castle” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Լա Մոտայի ամրոց”
- Basque: “La Motako gaztelua”
- Cebuano: “Castillo de La Mota”
- Esperanto: “Kastelo de La Mota”
- French: “château de La Mota”
- French: “Château de La Mota”
- German: “Burg La Mota”
- German: “Castillo de La Mota”
- German: “Schloss La Mota”
- Hindi: “ला मोता का महल”
- Japanese: “モタ城”
- Japanese: “ラ・モタ城”
- Panjabi: “ਲਾ ਮੋਤਾ ਦਾ ਕਿਲਾ”
- Portuguese: “Castelo da mota”
- Portuguese: “Castelo da Mota”
- Russian: “Замок Ла-Мота”
- Russian: “Ла-Мота”
- Spanish: “Castillo de la mota”
- Spanish: “Castillo de la Mota”
- Spanish: “Castillo de La Mota”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Medina del Campo”
- Swedish: “Castillo de la Mota”
- Swedish: “Castillo de La Mota”
- Turkish: “Castle of La Mota”
- Urdu: “لاموتا کا محل”
- Western Frisian: “Castillo de La Mota”
- Western Panjabi: “لاموتا دا محل”
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