Chinchón

Chinchón lies southeast of Madrid beneath the castle of the Cabrera family, lords and later counts of the town. The fortress was both a residence and a visible sign of their authority. During the Revolt of the Comuneros it was attacked in 1520, and the stronghold surrendered with its artillery the following year. The counts continued to use it as a residence in the seventeenth century, before further wars brought damage and neglect.