Castle of Villel

Villel dominates the upper valley of the river Turia that flows into the sea at Valencia.

This old castle was originally built by the muslim local dinasty of teh Banu Razzin, rulers of nearby Albarrací®®

They said that it was stormed by the christian warrior El Cid, in his way towards Valencia. Won by King Alfonso II was given to the Templars and later on to the Hospitalarians to become a Commandery of the Hospitalarians in 14th C.

Its first commander was John Fernᮤez de Heredia who became Grand Master of the Order at Rhodes.

A destacar el cielo (como siempre) y a agradecer, la divulgacion historica. Saludos.

No se si son mis ojos cansados de tanto escaneo, pero tu foto la veo un poco desenfocada?

Los tonos son muy acertados, asi como la composicion. Sin embargo, creo que le falta algo de definicion. saludos, Sig.

Why no more large version ??????

No more large version because I have been struck by the quality of the DIN A4 prints you can make by simply downloading the pics from Photo.Net...

I may review my decission...

What do you think?