Arévalo

Arévalo stands between the Adaja and Arevalillo rivers, its brick churches and castle reflecting the town's long royal connections. The council built a royal palace here under Henry II, and the future Isabella I spent much of her childhood in Arévalo with her mother, Isabella of Portugal. During the succession struggles of the fifteenth century the town became a prize of noble politics: in 1469 Henry IV granted it to Álvaro de Zúñiga, count of Plasencia, in return for his renewed allegiance.