Castle of La Mota

Castle of La Mota
Castillo de La Mota
Medina del Campo,
Province of Valladolid,
Castile and León, in Spain
Castillo de La Mota
TypeCastle
Site information
OwnerJunta of Castile and León
Open to
the public
Yes
ConditionSpanish Property of Cultural Interest
Castle of La Mota
3 June 1931
RI-51-0000980
Site history
Built14th century-15th century
MaterialsBricks

The Castle of La Mota 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 (in Spanish), from where it dominates the town and surrounding land. The adjacent town came to be surrounded by an expanding series of walls in subsequent years, of which little remains.

It has been protected by the state since 1904, first as a national monument and more recently as a site of cultural interest, or Bien de Interés Cultural.[1]